Taurus II Engine Sustained Damage In Fire

By Frank Morring, Jr. .

An Aerojet AJ26 engine destined to power the Orbital Sciences Corp. Taurus II launch vehicle in the run-up to commercial resupply flights for the International Space Station (ISS) was badly damaged in a fuel fire June 9.

“There was significant damage to the engine,” Orbital spokesman Baron Beneski said June 21 ...

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