An outstanding video is now available from last week’s NASA’s flight test, called Pad Abort-1 – a test of the launch abort system designed for the Orion crew exploration vehicle.
The Pad Abort-1 hardware lifted off at 9 a.m. EDT May 6 at the U.S. Army’s White Sands Missile Range near Las Cruces, New Mexico.
The flight lasted 135 seconds from launch to the crew module touchdown more than a mile from the launch pad. The flight test was the first fully integrated test of this launch abort system design.
To get your own view of this impressive test flight video — credited to U.S. Army’s White Sands Missile Range — go to:
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?media_id=13781635
By LD/CSE