Stock Photo - NASA and the Orion Industry Team test fires a sub-scale attitude control motor thruster for the launch abort system of NASA's Orion crew exploration vehicle. Conducted at ATK's facility in Elkton, Md., the test, referred to as High Thrust-8 (HT-8), was the fifth in a series of ground demonstrations of Orion's attitude control motor system. The final tests will be of increasing complexity in preparation for the Pad Abort 1 flight test scheduled for later this year, which will test the launch abort system's capabilities using a full-scale crew module mock-up. Photo credit: ATK

Stock Photo: NASA and the Orion Industry Team test fires a sub-scale attitude control motor thruster for the launch abort system of NASA's Orion crew exploration vehicle.

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