NASA says Black Brandt launch that startled pilot was safe

A NASA sounding rocket launch that startled the pilot of a commercial jetliner last month was nominal and apparently met all air traffic safety constraints, a spokesman for the agency's Wallops Flight Facility said yesterday. The pilot of an American Airlines Boeing 757 on a route from San Juan...

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