Orbital Sciences Corp. said Wednesday a preliminary probe into last month’s unmanned rocket blast shows an engine failure was to blame for the explosion shortly after liftoff from Wallops Island, Virginia. The type of engines used to power the Antares rocket were a pair of decades-old Ukrainian-designed AJ-26s that were refurbished by Aerojet Rocketdyne. “Preliminary […]
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