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Northrop Grumman continues to advance NASA’s Artemis program

The #Artemis program & @NASA_SLS continue to advance, as @northropgrumman test fires Flight Support Booster 1 at its facility in Utah, as well as delivers the final abort motor for Artemis II to @NASAKennedy. #LaunchAmerica #NG #Rocket

The Flight Support Booster 1 is static fired on a horizontal test stand at Northrop Grumman’s Promontory Utah facility, September 2, 2020. Credit: NASA

Aerospace giant Northrop Grumman continues to meet milestones in preparation for NASA’s Artemis program, as it completes a successful booster test fire for Artemis IV, and delivers the final abort motor for Artemis II (more…)

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[OC] Orion capsule, launch abort system, and booster from this morning's Orion Ascent Abort 2 test (full album in comments) [5504x8256] via /r/spaceporn https://ift.tt/2Yskqoq

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Orion’s Ascent Abort-2 Crew Module delivered to KSC

Orion’s Ascent Abort-2 Crew Module delivered to KSC

Orion Ascent Abort 2 Crew Module departing JSC. Photo Date: December 1, 2018. Photo Credit: Robert Markowitz / NASA

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — The Crew Module of NASA’s Orion spacecraft has been transported to the site of an important test at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center located in Florida. Its journey began at Johnson Space Center and will be used to further the agency’s deep space exploration…

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Research scientists in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing (NAS) Division are producing highly detailed simulations and visualizations to help keep astronauts safe during takeoff of NASA’s Orion multi-purpose crew vehicle, which will transport humans to interplanetary destinations such as the moon and eventually Mars and return them safely back to Earth.

The NAS scientists’ cutting-edge simulation techniques are being used to predict vibrations on the Orion spacecraft’s launch abort vehicle—part of the Orion Launch Abort System (LAS), designed to carry the crew away from the spacecraft if a problem occurs on the launch pad after ignition or during ascent. The flow simulations of Orion’s pad abort and ascent abort scenarios, run on the Pleiades supercomputer, are directly impacting the spacecraft’s design to increase astronaut safety and reduce uncertainty while keeping cost and launch abort vehicle weight down.

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https://www.nas.nasa.gov/publications/articles/feature_Orion_acoustics_Cadieux.html?utm_source=TWITTER&utm_medium=NASA&utm_campaign=NASASocial&linkId=50193597

Photo: Simulation of the Orion Launch Abort Vehicle - NASA Vimeo

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Blue Origin sets date to test in-flight abort system

Blue Origin sets date to test in-flight abort system

Photo Credit: Blue Origin

While much discussion over the past week has centered on other NewSpace companies, Blue Origin has been preparing to ready their New Shepard rocket and spacecraft for a critical in-flight abort test. Initially only announcing early October for this flight, Blue Origin has recently announced its plan to conduct this induced abort on Tuesday, October 4, 2016. (more…)

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Launch abort motor case for Orion passes crucial test

Launch abort motor case for Orion passes crucial test

Artist’s depiction of the Launch Abort System for NASA’s Space Launch System. Image Credit: NASA

Orbital ATK announced on Monday, Feb. 29 that it had successfully conducted a structural qualification test of the abort motor case that the company is manufacturing for NASA’s Orion spacecraft. The test was conducted on January 26 at Orbital ATK’s facility in Clearfield, Utah. The motor is a crucial…

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The launch abort system for the Orion Flight Test is lowered by crane for installation on the Orion spacecraft inside the Launch Abort System Facility, or LASF, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The completed crew and service modules will be tested and verified together with the launch abort system. Orion will remain inside the LASF until mid-November, when the United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket is ready for integration with the spacecraft.

Orion is the exploration spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to destinations not yet explored by humans, including an asteroid and Mars. It will have emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. The first unpiloted test flight of the Orion is scheduled to launch in December atop the Delta IV Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida to an altitude of 3,600 miles above the Earth's surface. The two-orbit, four-hour flight test will help engineers evaluate the systems critical to crew safety including the heat shield, parachute system and launch abort system.