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Military report says ‘one in a million’ live fire malfunction rained shrapnel on California highway

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LOS ANGELES — A “one in a million” malfunction during a live fire demonstration over Camp Pendleton last October led to a misfire that rained shrapnel on Interstate 5, striking two California Highway Patrol vehicles, a U.S. Marine Corps investigation found. An artillery shell exploded over the highway that serves as the main corridor between … Read more

NASA hauls moon rocket off launch pad to fix another launch-delaying malfunction

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NASA hauled its Artemis II moon rocket off its seaside pad Wednesday for a slow trip back to a processing facility to track down and fix a helium pressurization problem that delayed launch of four astronauts on a flight around the moon from this month to at least April 1. A 6.6-million-pound Apollo-era crawler-transporter rolled … Read more