When NASA astronauts blast off for their voyage to the Moon on the Orion spacecraft during Artemis missions, they’ll have protection in the form of the launch abort system (LAS). The LAS is designed ...

Aerojet Rocketdyne recently passed a key milestone in preparation for the Ascent Abort Test (AA-2) next year with the successful casting of the Jettison Motor for the Lockheed Martin-built Orion ...

All the excitement that surrounded the first major pad test for the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the Orion spacecraft has cooled down over the weekend, as NASA scrubbed initial plans for the ...

The Orion team at NASA successfully tested for the first time its abort motor, which will be used in case the crew encounters an emergengy during launch of its Orion crew exploration vehicle. The ...

ABORT TEST: The solid-fuel launch abort system (LAS) that would pull NASA’s Orion crew exploration vehicle to safety in a launch failure will get its first full-scale test this week at Promontory, ...