RD-180 test troubles push back first Atlas III launch
Engine-testing troubles on the Russian-built RD-180 that will power Lockheed Martin's new Atlas III space launch vehicle have forced a delay in its inaugural flight from March until the second quarter of 1999. A spokesman for Lockheed Martin Astronautics in Denver said yesterday engineers understand...
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