The Orion launch abort system (foreground) and the crew module (background) test articles are prepared for integration in the Reverberant Acoustics Laboratory (RAL) at the Lockheed Martin facility in Waterton, Colorado on July 27, 2011, before undergoing acoustical testing. The Orion stack was exposed to a series of acoustic tests of increasing decibels that simulate the sound pressure levels that the vehicle will encounter during launch, which can exceed 160 decibels. Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.
Date July 27, 2011