Ares I First-stage Motor Test Scrubbed
A thrust vector control fuel-valve anomaly forced a last-minute scrub Aug. 27 in the first test of the solid-fuel rocket motor developed for NASA’s planned Ares I crew launch vehicle. Test directors stopped the countdown only 20 seconds before ignition of the full-scale static test at Alliant...
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