Commercial-Engine Fire Demonstrates Need For Atlantis Flight
Credit: NASA/Stennis Space Center
A serious fuel fire during an acceptance test of a rocket engine destined to power one of two launch vehicles NASA is counting on for International Space Station resupply illustrates the fragility of U.S. civil space-access plans after the shuttle fleet retires. “Significant” damage to an Aerojet...
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