DC-XA said on schedule despite fire after first flight

NASA's DC-XA testbed is still targeted to fly again June 7, despite minor fire damage the vehicle suffered at the conclusion of its first flight Saturday. A spokesman for Marshall Space Flight Center, where the U.S. space agency's DC-XA program is managed, said yesterday there was "superficial...

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