A remotely piloted NASA aircraft crash-landed on a freeway in the Californian
desert last week. Perseus B, developed for high-altitude atmospheric sampling,
came down 6 kilometres east of Barstow after its engine failed. It descended in
a controlled spiral, then attempted to land on the freeway. Luckily there was no
traffic, and damage was slight.
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