Atlantis Crew Practices for Complex Return-to-Launch-Site Abort
Credit: NASA
Should an early shuttle engine failure ever require a return-to-launch-site (RTLS) abort, the maneuver would place the crew and orbiter in a perilous, undemonstrated flight regime. An RTLS would require the vehicle to continue a fiery liftoff in the midst of an already developing emergency, execute...
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