Engine assembly problems push back first X-33 flight
First flight of the X-33 reusable launch vehicle prototype has been pushed back from July to early December 1999 because Boeing's Rocketdyne unit has taken longer than originally planned to assemble the innovative linear aerospike engine that will power the suborbital testbed. Gene Austin, NASA's X...
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