Advanced Shuttle turbopump overheats, shuts down early in test
A development Space Shuttle Main Engine shut down five seconds into a 200-second test at Stennis Space Center last week after it overheated during a test of an advanced fuel turbopump designed to make Shuttle engines safer, triggering an investigation into the cause of the mishap. The June 16 test...
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