Orbital Drops AJ-26 After Failure, Looking for Alternate Launcher to ISS

Credit: NASA
Orbital Sciences Corp. plans to re-engine its Antares launch vehicle and use one or two alternate launch vehicles initially to meet its International Space Station resupply commitments to NASA after last week’s launch failure with an Antares powered by two Aerojet Rocketdyne AJ-26 engines. David...

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