NASA sounding rocket triggers missile flap in Russia
A routine NASA-sponsored sounding rocket experiment in the Norwegian Arctic yesterday triggered a widespread flap when a Moscow news agency erroneously reported Russian forces had shot down a missile. The four-stage Black Brant XII lofted a scientific payload to an altitude of 900 miles above the...
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