An Air Force C-17 operated by the Mississippi Air National Guard climbed into the summer sky from Edwards Air Force Base in California, carrying the Orion flight test crew module.
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An Air Force C-17 operated by the Mississippi Air National Guard climbed into the summer sky from Edwards Air Force Base in California, carrying the Orion flight test crew module. The module was targeted for the first Orion Launch Abort System pad abort flight test at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico in 2010. Installation and integration of flight test instrumentation in the module had occurred over a 16-month period in 2008-2009 at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center before transfer of the module to White Sands.August 19, 2009
NASA Photo / Tony Landis