- NASA ID: KSC-20180828-PH_KLS01_0022
- Center: KSC
- Date Created: 2018-08-28
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view from above shows the abort motor for Orion's Launch Abort System
(LAS) secured on a work stand inside the Launch Abort System Facility on
Aug. 28, 2018, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This motor
will be used for flight during a full-stress test of the LAS, called
Ascent Abort-2 (AA-2) flight test, scheduled for April 2019. The abort
motor is what will activate to pull the Orion crew module away during
the event of an emergency during ascent. AA-2 will launch from SLC 46,
carrying a fully functional LAS and a 22,000-pound Orion test vehicle to
an altitude of 31,000 feet and traveling at more than 1,000 miles an
hour. The test will verify the LAS can steer the crew module and
astronauts aboard to safety in the event of an issue with the Space
Launch System (SLS) rocket when the spacecraft is under the highest
aerodynamic loads it will experience during a rapid climb into space.
NASA's Orion and Exploration Ground Systems programs and contractors
from Jacob's and Northrup Grumman in conjunction with the Air Force
Space and Missile Center's Launch Operations branch are performing
flight operations for AA-2.
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