In a simulated launch emergency, Blue Origin successfully tested the abort system built into its New Shepard sub-orbital spacecraft Wednesday, firing its escape motor 45 seconds after liftoff. The ...
The Ascent Abort-2 of NASA's Orion spacecraft's emergency launch abort system lifts off during a flight test from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) ...
NASA's efforts to return humans to the lunar surface took a short but critical leap forward on Tuesday (July 2), in a test that evoked the last time the space agency shot for the moon. The Ascent ...
A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft lifts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, May 6 on a test of the spacecraft's abort system. Eight SuperDraco thrusters mounted on the Dragon propelled the vehicle on a brief ...
NASA’s Pad Abort 1 flight test, a launch of the abort system designed for the Orion crew vehicle, lifted off May 6 at the U.S. Army’s White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) near Las Cruces, New Mexico. The ...
WASHINGTON — NASA and Alliant Techsystems, or ATK, unveiled Thursday a new vertical test stand that will be used later this summer to support NASA’s Constellation Program. The stand will be used to ...