[ScienceD] Orion's launch abort system motor exceeds expectations

[Science Daily]

Orion's launch abort system motor exceeds expectations

It took just three seconds for the attitude control motor of NASA's Orion Launch Abort System (LAS) to prove that its material can survive not only the intense temperatures, pressures, noise and vibrations experienced during a launch emergency but also 40 percent beyond. The LAS is being designed to bring a crew to safety should there be a problem in the launch pad or during ascent.

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