NASA Completes First Full-Scale Motor Test for Orion Spacecraft

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Orion Launch Abort System jettison motor test. Credit: AeroJet
Orion Launch Abort System jettison motor test. Credit: AeroJet

NASA has completed the first full-scale rocket motor test for the Constellation Program's Orion spacecraft, a test of a solid rocket that will be used to jettison the craft's launch abort system.


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