Ascent Abort-2 (AA-2) was a test of the launch escape system (LAS) of NASA's Orion spacecraft. The test followed Orion's Pad Abort-1 test in 2010, and...
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2017. On July 2, 2019, NASA launched a repurposed Peacekeeper missile from SLC-46, carrying the Orion spacecraft for the Ascent Abort-2 mission. The mission's...
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liftoff. An abort during ascent that would result in the orbiter returning to a runway or to an orbit lower than planned was called an "intact abort", while...
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II Mercury-Atlas 3 Crew Dragon Pad Abort Test Orion Pad Abort 1 and Ascent Abort 2 Boeing Pad Abort Test Soyuz abort modes TV-D1 Wikimedia Commons has...
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Orion (spacecraft) (section Launch Abort System (LAS))
Pad Abort 1 An Orion boilerplate was used for the Pad Abort 1 flight test, the LAS was fully functional, the boilerplate was recovered. Ascent Abort-2 An...
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AA2 (redirect from AA-2 (disambiguation))
credit rating given by Moody's Investors Service Ascent Abort-2, a 2019 flight test of the launch abort system of NASA's Orion spacecraft This disambiguation...
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Artemis program (section Artemis 2 (2025))
at 32,000 km/h (20,000 mph). The Ascent Abort-2 test on 2 July 2019 tested the final iteration of the launch abort system on a 10,000 kg (22,000 lb)...
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in-flight abort test prior to the crew flight test. Using the same vehicle for the in-flight abort test will improve the realism of the ascent abort test and...
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Launch escape system (redirect from LAS (Launch Abort System))
ascent. The engines, which use hypergolic propellants and generate 40,000 pounds-force of thrust each, are provided by Aerojet Rocketdyne. The abort system...
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known as Taurus Modified Minotaur IV, Ascent Abort-2 (AA-2), was a suborbital flight to test the Launch Abort System (LAS) of NASA's Orion spacecraft...
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