JAXA Abandons Search for H-IIA Solid Booster
The Japanese space agency JAXA has abandoned its long-shot effort to recover the solid rocket booster that fell into 20,000-ft.-deep waters off the Philippines last November (AW&ST Mar. 29, p. 31). The SRB failed to separate from an H-IIA first stage, and the vehicle was intentionally destroyed...
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