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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, ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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 ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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