Conestoga self-destructs after apparent control failure on first launch

EER Systems' Conestoga space launch vehicle automatically self- destructed on its first launch attempt Monday, apparently after a loss of control at high speed began breaking up the solid-fueled rocket as it hurtled away from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on the Virginia shore. Loss of the...

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