AA-2 Ready for Rollback

The Ascent Abort-2 (AA-2) flight test of the Launch Abort System (LAS) for NASA’s Orion spacecraft on Tuesday, July 2, will prove the LAS can pull crew to safety in the unlikely event of an emergency at ascent speeds. During a Launch Readiness Review on June 28, the team preparing to launch Orion’s AA-2 flight test gave a “go” to proceed to launch.