NASA, European Space Agency (ESA), and contractor personnel conducted an Abort To Orbit (ATO) test case last week for the Orion spacecraft using the Propulsion Qualification Module (PQM) at the White Sands Test Facility (WSTF) in New Mexico. The team at White Sands ran the PQM through a twelve-minute long sequence of engine firings to demonstrate the ability of Orion’s propulsion system to handle a stressing abort case.
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