First Orion Pad Abort Test Is Nominal
NASA tested the pad abort system for the Orion crew exploration vehicle May 6, demonstrating that the solid-fuel system could pull the U.S. capsule off a failing launch vehicle, maintain its attitude and stabilize it with a thrust-vector control system, and then jettison the escape tower and...
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