Testing Orion’s Abort Motor – Close Up
January 6, 2009
NASA and its industry partners tested the Orion spacecraft abort motor on 11/20/08. The abort system will pull Orion and the astronauts off of the Ares rocket in the event of a mishap. The test took place in Promontory, Utah. credit: NASA
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