Fuel control valve faulted for Atlas launch anomaly, flights resume soon
Monday, May 2, 2016 - 09:41
in Earth & Climate
A critical fuel control valve has been faulted for the Atlas V launch anomaly that forced a premature shutdown of the rockets first stage engines during its most recent launch of a Cygnus cargo freighter to the International Space Station (ISS) last month – that nevertheless was successful in delivering the payload to its intended orbit.