NASA Armstrong Prepares Orion for Pad Abort-1 Safety Test

Mark Geyer, NASA’s Orion manager, visited NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on April 9, 2008, to see the Pad Abort-1 test article, developed to demonstrate the Orion capsule’s emergency escape system during launch. Dave McAllister, NASA Armstrong Abort Flight Test operations lead, right, shows Geyer the Orion capsule mockup. Pad Abort-1 was later tested at the U.S. Army’s White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, on May 6, 2010.

Mark Geyer, NASA’s Orion manager, visited NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on April 9, 2008, to see the Pad Abort-1 test article, developed to demonstrate the Orion capsule’s emergency escape system during launch. Dave McAllister, NASA Armstrong Abort Flight Test operations lead, right, shows Geyer the Orion capsule mockup. Pad Abort-1 was later tested at the U.S. Army’s White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, on May 6, 2010.

Photographer NASA/Tom Tschida
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