Hurricane Wilma Damage Forces Replacement of Atlas Solid Rocket Motor

Damage from Hurricane Wilma in late October is forcing Lockheed Martin to replace a 200,000-lb.-thrust Aerojet solid rocket motor on the Atlas V set to launch the New Horizons spacecraft to Pluto from Cape Canaveral Jan. 11. The Atlas was not on its launch pad, but inside the 300-ft. Atlas Vertical...

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