Gear Glitch Destroys DC-XA At End of Fourth Flight
The ``Clipper Graham'' experimental rocket was destroyed last week when one landing gear leg failed to extend, causing the vehicle to topple after a normal vertical landing at the White Sands Missile Range, N.M., and be engulfed in flame. The July 31 accident came at the end of a 140-sec. flight to...
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