NASA Orion Space Capsule Ascent Abort Test from cape canaveral air force station security Watch Video
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Description: NASA successfully tested the abort system for its Orion spacecraft on July 2 during a dramatic in-flight test of the system at Cape Canaveral. A refurbished Peacekeeper rocket motor lifted off from Space Launch Complex 46 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 7 a.m, carrying a boilerplate Orion capsule and its launch abort system (LAS) on a mission known as Abort Ascent 2.Fifty seconds after liftoff, controllers activated the LAS at an altitude of nearly 9,500 meters and speed of Mach 1.3. Th
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