02 July 2019
Orion spacecraft's launch abort test completed successfully
... missions to the Moon that will lead to astronaut missions to Mars. During the approximately three-minute test, called Ascent Abort-2, a test version of the Orion crew module launched at 7 a.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex 46 at Cape Canaveral Air...
January 2017
Blueprint for NASA’s journey to Mars
...depending on the orbit type. When it comes to Mars, an abort is much less feasible and would take months if executable. Table... An ascent abort test will certify Orion’s Launch Abort System by performing an ascent abort off a test booster launched from...
12 May 2016
Boeing CST-100 Flight Postponed Until 2018
... Regan said that according to current schedule, the pad abort test of the spacecraft's launch abort system will take place in October 2017. It will be followed by an un-manned orbital test flight in December 2017. The subsequent manned flight, which...
May 2020
Space for Art – The magnificent beauty of spaceflight
... ensure the safety of the vehicle for future crews. It seems a contradiction that something as destructive as a launch abort test could produce such an incredibly beautiful image and help to ensure safety for future launches. Atlas V launch of ...
22 April 2019
Anomaly during SpaceX test could delay its first crewed flight
...-1) had been planned for an inflight abort test later this year, which would have tested if its SuperDraco thrusters could pull itself... how this significant static fire incident will affect that test, other than to lead delays to NASA’s Commercial ...
April 2020
Replacing hydrazine fuel with a greener alternative
... is a drop in the bucket. A cloud of tetrazine billows to the right of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner at the end of a pad abort test on 4 November 2019. Boeing said that the hydrazine cloud was expected due to “dribble volume” from the...
