Pad Abort 1 Jettison Motor
NASA - Pad Abort 1 Jettison Motor
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A full-scale rocket motor fires from the Aerojet facility in Sacramento, Calif. This test will help in the development of NASA's Orion jettison motor that is being designed to separate the spacecraft's launch abort system from the crew module during launch. (Image credit: Aerojet)
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Constellation program
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constellation_program
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The Constellation Program (abbreviated CxP) was a human spaceflight program within NASA, the space agency of the United States. The stated goals of the program were to gain significant experience in operating away from Earth's environment, develop technologies needed for opening the space frontier, and conducting fundamental science.[1]
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NASA's Constellation Program Tests Orion Recovery Procedures
03/25/2009 08:55 PM
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=16384.0
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WASHINGTON -- A full-scale mockup of NASA's Orion crew module is being
tested in water under simulated and real landing weather conditions.
Beginning March 23, a Navy-built, 18,000-pound Orion mockup will be
placed in a test pool at the Naval Surface Warfare Center's Carderock
Division in West Bethesda, Md. Ocean testing will begin April 6 off
the coast of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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June 25, 2008
http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2008/06/lunar-outposts.html
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