Preparations Underway For Orion Pad Abort Test

Credit: WILLIAM FAULKNER/AW&ST
NASA will test the launch abort system for the Orion crew exploration vehicle on May 6 at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., even though Orion and its Ares I crew launch vehicle are canceled in the agency’s Fiscal 2011 budget request. Work is continuing pending congressional approval of the request—an...

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