NASA Investigation Uncovers Cause of Two Science Mission Launch Failures


NASA Launch Services Program (LSP) investigators have determined the technical root cause for the Taurus XL launch failures of NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) and Glory missions in 2009 and 2011, respectively: faulty materials provided by aluminum manufacturer, Sapa Profiles, Inc. (SPI).

from NASA https://go.nasa.gov/2J7RZXZ