News tagged with abort system

SpaceX completes crucial milestone toward launching astronauts

Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) is now one more step closer to sending astronauts to orbit. The commercial space firm announced today that it has completed a successful review of the company’s ...

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created Oct 21, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (16) | comments 46

NASA Tests Launch Abort System At Supersonic Speeds

(PhysOrg.com) -- Aerospace engineers at NASA's Ames Research Center are conducting a series of wind tunnel tests to develop technology for future human space exploration. Using a six percent scale Orion model, ...

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created Jul 20, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NASA Successfully Tests Alternate Launch Abort System for Astronaut Escape

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's next generation of spacecraft will have the safest-ever astronaut escape system, a modern-day version of the reliable Apollo system. Like Apollo, the Orion launch abort system will ...

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created Jul 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Pieces Coming Together for First Test Launch of NASA's New Spacecraft

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA is using powerful computers and software programs to design the rocket that will carry crew and cargo to space after the space shuttle retires. But those computers will have their work ...

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created Jan 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 2