Orion Spacecraft Abort Motor Test Successful

The final full-scale ground test of the Orion spacecraft abort motor was conducted last week at Northrop Grumman’s Promontory test facility. The 17-foot-tall Orion abort motor is one of three motors comprising the Launch Abort System (LAS) that sits atop the Orion spacecraft aboard NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and is designed to increase astr…