Ascent Abort-2On July 2, 2019, NASA conducted a successful test known as Ascent Abort-2 (AA-2), which tested the Orion launch abort system (LAS), a critical safety system that sits atop Orion at launch and during ascent. The Launch Abort System for the Ascent Abort-2 (AA-2) Flight Test is vertical and integrated with the crew module test...The Orion Ascent Abort-2 (AA-2) test vehicle en route to the launch pad on May 22, 2019.From Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Orion team conducted the successful flight test of the Launch...The ground test motor for Orion's Launch Abort System (LAS) is secured on a work stand inside the Rotation, Processing...A view from above shows the abort motor for Orion's Launch Abort System (LAS) secured on a work stand inside...The test version of Orion attached to the Launch Abort System for the Ascent Abort-2 (AA-2) flight test exits the...The test version of Orion attached to the Launch Abort System for the Ascent Abort-2 (AA-2) flight test exited the...The test version of Orion attached to the Launch Abort System for the Ascent Abort-2 (AA-2) flight test is moved...The test version of Orion attached to the Launch Abort System for the Ascent Abort-2 (AA-2) flight test passes by...The test version of Orion attached to the Launch Abort System for the Ascent Abort-2 (AA-2) flight test arrives at...The test version of Orion attached to the Launch Abort System for the Ascent Abort-2 (AA-2) flight test is hoisted...The Ascent Abort-2 (AA-2) flight test of the Launch Abort System (LAS) for NASA’s Orion spacecraft on Tuesday, July 2,...A fully functional Launch Abort System (LAS) with a test version of Orion attached, soars upward on NASA’s Ascent Abort-2...Crowds of spectators watch from Jetty Park in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on July 2, 2019, as a Northrop Grumman provided...
