NASA performed an in-flight test of the Launch Abort System (LAS) for its Orion crewed spacecraft Tuesday morning from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) in Florida. A highly instrumented test article simulated the Orion Crew Module, connected to a flight version of the LAS and a Peacekeeper missile modified to be the booster for the Ascent Abort-2 (AA-2) test.
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