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Propulsion test article demonstrates Orion abort stress case...
NASA, European Space Agency (ESA), and ... capability that Apollo had on Saturn V launches.) On SLS, Orion has three abort modes: Mode 1 uses the LAS while it is still attached, Mode 2 is the ...
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NASA conducting data deep dive following July’s Orion...
Following the successful July Ascent Abort-2 (AA-2) test of the Launch Abort System (LAS) for NASA’s Orion crewed spacecraft ... the various structural bending modes, and all that,” he ...
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Abort! Abort!
Later this year, NASA will conduct a full-up test of a launch abort system and a full-scale Orion dummy capsule. Video: NASA Explore Subscribe Newsletters Content Licensing Our Partners Terms of ...
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NASA is launching an experimental, $23 million toilet to the space station on Thursday. But its designers worry it's too stinky.
It's meant as a test: Astronauts on the ISS will test the toilet out before NASA installs an upgraded version on its Orion spaceship, which is slated to fly a crew to the moon as early as 2023.
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NASA’s deep space launch system is ‘coming together’
Anyone who dreams of seeing humans travel to Mars will be happy to hear that NASA just ... will put the Orion crew capsule’s safety measures through their paces. The launch abort system, which ...