Rocket Veered Off Course; Range Safety Personnel Destroyed Rocket When It Reached Safety-Area Limit; Unconfirmed Report Civilian Saw Rocket Debris On Land NASA Hypersonic Experiments Were Aboard Failed Rocket, Representing $17 Million Loss When Rocket Destroyed An Alliant Techsystems Inc. [ATK] first-of-a-kind ALV-X1 rocket veered off course after launching Friday at the NASA Wallops Island, Va., facility, forcing range safety personnel to hit the destruct button after 27 seconds of flight so the rocket disintegrated. If reports are confirmed that…
ATK Rocket Destroyed After Liftoff From Wallops Island; NASA ‘Very Disappointed’ By Failure; Experts Seek Cause
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