Orion Pad Abort Slips Into 2010

NASA will ship the first Orion crew module for launch abort tests at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., on Aug. 19 but confirms that the Pad Abort 1 (PA-1) flight test has slipped into early 2010. NASA originally hoped to deliver the vehicle last February, and scheduled the PA-1 for late April, having...

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