Russian-Built AJ-26 Hardware Caused Test-Stand Fire
The June 9 test-stand fire that ruined one of the two rocket engines scheduled to power the first flight of the Orbital Sciences Corp. Taurus II launch vehicle was caused by kerosene fuel leaking from a 40-year-old manifold manufactured in the former Soviet Union. Initially the fire was thought to...
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