Thursday, December 17, 2009

Orion Launch Abort System Attitude Control Motor Test-fired

On Tuesday, Dec. 15, NASA, Alliant Techsystems (ATK) and Lockheed Martin celebrated a major milestone with a ground test of a full-scale attitude control motor (ACM) for the Orion crew exploration vehicle?s launch abort system (LAS).
“The completion of the Demonstration Motor 1 hot-fire test is a substantial advancement in developing the ACM,” said LAS Manager [...]



Full story at http://spacefellowship.com/2009/12/17/orion-launch-abort-system-attitude-control-motor-test-fired/

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