NASA conducts full-scale test firing of Orion Jettison Motor

NASA conducts full-scale test firing of Orion Jettison Motor

A full-scale rocket motor fires from the Aerojet facility in Sacramento, Calif. The test will help in the development of NASA's orion jettison motor that is being desighned to separate the spacecraft's launch abort system from the crew module during launch.

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Thought this was a neat looking pick


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Please provide a link to the article and post an opinion relating to this topic.

Can we please have a link to the article that you have provided?

Speaking of the orion jettison motor this was picture of the day at nasa a few days back.

www.nasa.gov...

it looks like a ufo or something but its just a heat shield for the orion crew capsule.

this is what it says about the pic.

"Building Constellation
Boeing engineer Elizabeth Chu inspects the a heat shield demonstration unit developed for NASA's Orion crew capsule, the future spacecraft that will carry astronauts to the International Space Station and eventually to the moon. Boeing was awarded a contract last year to develop a prototype heat shield to protect NASA astronauts from extreme heat during re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere upon returning from lunar and low-Earth orbit missions. The work was performed at Boeing facilities in Huntington Beach, Calif.

Credit: Boeing/Joe Olmos

Cool huh?


but anyway, yeah, a link to the article would be nice


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Originally posted by LunarLooney1


Thought this was a neat looking pick


(visit the link for the full news article)

Where is your link?

is this the link?

and is this the pic?

Sorry about that... he is the link...
www.nasa.gov...

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That's it... yep! Thank you! I just thought is was a neat picture is all!