NASA’s Ascent Abort 2 launches from LC-46 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, July 2, 2019. A
NASA’s Ascent Abort 2 launches from LC-46 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, July 2, 2019. AA-2 tested the Orion capsule’s Launch Escape System during flight conditions. The 96 foot vehicle was powered by a Northrup Grumman SR-118 solid rocket motor, a surplus first stage from the Peacekeeper ICBM program of the U.S. Air Force. Three minutes after liftoff, the vehicle’s three components impacted the Atlantic ocean roughly ten miles off shore of Cape Canaveral, concluding the flight test.Click here for our coverage of the AA-2 test. P/c: NASA/Tony Gray and Kevin O’Connell -- source link
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