Spectacular Russian rocket failure blamed on engine shutdown

Tuesday, July 2, 2013 - 14:00 in Astronomy & Space

A Russian rocket crash on Tuesday was caused by an emergency shutdown of the booster's engines 17 seconds into the flight, according to Russia's space agency.

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