Ascent Abort-2 successfully launched July 2 from Space Launch Complex 46 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center staff were in the control rooms when the agency successfully demonstrated the Orion spacecraft’s launch abort system at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The system is designed to take astronauts to safety during an emergency. About a dozen people from the California NASA center were monitoring systems that the team had developed and tested. In fact, Armstrong had a number of tasks for the Ascent Abort-2 (AA-2), which was a key milestone in preparation for Artemis missions to the Moon that will lead to astronaut missions to Mars.
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July 2, 2019Image Credit / NASA TV