PHOTON 10 DROPPED,
A Russian ``Photon'' Vostok-class spacecraft carrying dozens of European experiments was heavily damaged Mar. 3 when a military helicopter carrying the vehicle after recovery was forced to drop the several-ton satellite. The 13,640-lb. Photon 10 was launched from Plesetsk Cosmodrome Feb. 16 for a...
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