NASA, European Space Agency (ESA), and contractor personnel conducted an Abort To Orbit (ATO) test case last week for the Orion spacecraft using the Propulsion Qualification Module (PQM) at the ...

NASA is getting the hardware ready for an important test next year of the launch abort system (LAS) that Orion spacecraft will use during launch on missions to the Moon in the 2020s. At the ...

Over the next eight months, engineers and technicians from NASA and Lockheed Martin will subject the test article to the extreme conditions Orion may experience during a launch abort scenario.

Later this year, NASA will conduct a full-up test of a launch abort system and a full-scale Orion dummy capsule. Video: NASA Explore Subscribe Newsletters Content Licensing Our Partners Terms of ...

It’s a launch abort test, and it’s scheduled to begin at 8:00 a.m. EST. As the name implies, this will not be a launch into space, but rather a test of how the Crew Dragon capsule keeps its ...

A spacecraft that visited the moon is being tested now to help astronauts on the next lunar mission. The Orion spacecraft for Artemis 1, which circled the moon with mannequins and science ...