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NASA test rocket explodes

regdeveloper.co.uk
22-Aug-2008
        
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Published Friday 22nd August 2008 11:49 GMT Nail down your security priorities. Ask the experts and your peers at The Register Security Debate, September 24 2008. A NASA rocket carrying two hypersonic experiments this morning exploded shortly after take-off from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, the agency reports. The Alliant Tech Systems ALV X-1 was carrying the HYBOLT experiment designed to "obtain... [read full story]                    

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23-Aug-2008
        

U.S. space officials said a suborbital rocket was destroyed by safety officials shortly after liftoff Friday morning from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility.The rocket was destroyed by launch controllers because it failed to...

                   

NASA destroys rocket after launch failure

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22-Aug-2008
        

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- NASA destroyed a rocket carrying two hypersonic experiments shortly after its failed liftoff from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia early Friday, the U.S. space agency reported. The...