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NASA Completes Hot-Fire Testing of Orion Launch Abort Jettison Motor

NASA Completes Hot-Fire Testing of Orion Launch Abort Jettison Motor - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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NASA Completes Hot-Fire Testing of Orion Launch Abort Jettison Motor

NASA’s Redstone Test Center has concluded hot-fire tests of an Aerojet Rocketdyne-built jettison motor for the Orion spacecraft’s launch abort system.

The motor generated over 40K pounds of thrust for nearly two seconds on Oct. 16 in Huntsville, Ala., marking the motor’s final hot fire test, the space agency said Thursday.

The testing’s completion verifies the readiness of the motor to support Artemis II, a manned lunar flyby mission scheduled for a 2022 launch.

The jettison motor works to separate the LAS from the spacecraft for parachuted crew landing. The LAS also features two other motors: an attitude control unit for capsule steering and an abort motor that undocks Orion’s crew module from the rocket.

Aerojet Rocketdyne built the jettison motor under Lockheed Martin, Orion’s prime contractor.

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Written by Nichols Martin

a staff writer at Executive Mosaic, produces articles on the federal government's technology and business interests. The coverage of these articles include government contracting, cybersecurity, information technology, health care and national security.

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