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NASA’s Ascent Abort-2 Test of Orion
« on: 11/10/2017 03:08 am »
NASA’s Ascent Abort-2 Test of Orion

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Published on Nov 9, 2017

In a test targeted for April 2019 known as Ascent Abort-2, NASA will verify the Orion spacecraft’s launch abort system, a tower on top of the crew module, can steer the capsule and astronauts inside it to safety in the event of an issue with the Space Launch System rocket when the spacecraft is under the highest aerodynamic loads it will experience during ascent for deep-space missions. The test is quick, fast and high, lasting less than three minutes with the test crew module reaching an average speed of Mach 1.5, roughly 1020 miles per hour, at approximately 32,000 feet in altitude.



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Re: NASA’s Ascent Abort-2 Test of Orion
« Reply #1 on: 11/10/2017 04:53 am »
Interesting they are skipping the parachutes. I guess there have been enough parachute drop tests.

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Re: NASA’s Ascent Abort-2 Test of Orion
« Reply #2 on: 11/10/2017 09:10 am »
Interesting they are skipping the parachutes. I guess there have been enough parachute drop tests.
Skipping the chutes seems logical, given that the chutes will be fully qualified by then. But installing ejectable data-recorders is introducing new failure modes. Better hope that telemetry is prime data-acquisition channel and the data-recorders are just back-ups.

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Re: NASA’s Ascent Abort-2 Test of Orion
« Reply #3 on: 11/10/2017 10:32 am »
Seems to me including parachutes would provide a more robust test at higher speeds with more stress.  They performed 6 tests for Apollo and only two for Orion?  Perhaps computer simulation is the reason for fewer tests?

Is this test date far enough out from the now planned DEC 2019 first launch to recover from a failure?

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Re: NASA’s Ascent Abort-2 Test of Orion
« Reply #4 on: 11/10/2017 03:09 pm »
Seems to me including parachutes would provide a more robust test at higher speeds with more stress.  They performed 6 tests for Apollo and only two for Orion?  Perhaps computer simulation is the reason for fewer tests?

Is this test date far enough out from the now planned DEC 2019 first launch to recover from a failure?
Several tests previously planned under Constellation Programme were cancelled under the follow on programme: PA-2 and 3 and AA-1 were cancelled but AA2 was kept.

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Re: NASA’s Ascent Abort-2 Test of Orion
« Reply #5 on: 11/10/2017 07:08 pm »
Seems to me including parachutes would provide a more robust test at higher speeds with more stress.  They performed 6 tests for Apollo and only two for Orion?  Perhaps computer simulation is the reason for fewer tests?

Is this test date far enough out from the now planned DEC 2019 first launch to recover from a failure?
It was originally scheduled to be more than 6 months after EM-1. But with EM-1 moving right, and AA-2 moved forward from December to April it got back around to the happy side of the schedule.

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Re: NASA’s Ascent Abort-2 Test of Orion
« Reply #6 on: 11/10/2017 07:47 pm »
Is there any information of the motor that it is launching on?  I am assuming some sort of solid motor.

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Re: NASA’s Ascent Abort-2 Test of Orion
« Reply #7 on: 11/10/2017 07:50 pm »
Is there any information of the motor that it is launching on?  I am assuming some sort of solid motor.

The first stage of a Peacekeeper missile.
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Re: NASA’s Ascent Abort-2 Test of Orion
« Reply #8 on: 11/12/2017 07:03 pm »
Is there any information of the motor that it is launching on?  I am assuming some sort of solid motor.

The first stage of a Peacekeeper missile.

More like the first stage of the Minotaur IV/V/VI.
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Re: NASA’s Ascent Abort-2 Test of Orion
« Reply #9 on: 11/12/2017 10:03 pm »
Is there any information of the motor that it is launching on?  I am assuming some sort of solid motor.

The first stage of a Peacekeeper missile.

More like the first stage of the Minotaur IV/V/VI.
Same motor. Just Peacekeeper GFE.

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Re: NASA’s Ascent Abort-2 Test of Orion
« Reply #10 on: 11/19/2017 02:08 am »
AA-2 boilerplate capsule under construction

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Re: NASA’s Ascent Abort-2 Test of Orion
« Reply #11 on: 12/08/2017 03:55 pm »
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Orion's Ascent Abort test, @ESA service module propulsion, parachute protection, and more in our November newsletter: bit.ly/OrionNov17

https://twitter.com/nasa_orion/status/939174668883382274

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Re: NASA’s Ascent Abort-2 Test of Orion
« Reply #12 on: 12/09/2017 02:15 am »
In the November issue above there is the Orion Crew Survival event at Texas A&M and the launch abort motor test at Corinne UT but it doesn't list the dates. Anyone know the dates and/or have any other references to these events? Thanks.

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Re: NASA’s Ascent Abort-2 Test of Orion
« Reply #13 on: 01/27/2018 07:43 pm »
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Fabrication of the Orion crew module for the upcoming Ascent Abort flight test is complete, and the module is on its way to our neighbors, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, for a paint job.
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Re: NASA’s Ascent Abort-2 Test of Orion
« Reply #14 on: 02/18/2018 08:33 pm »
The AA-2 motor was cast and went through NDT in late January.


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Re: NASA’s Ascent Abort-2 Test of Orion
« Reply #15 on: 02/18/2018 08:38 pm »
And JB Langley-Eustis finished painting the boilerplate capsule.

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Re: NASA’s Ascent Abort-2 Test of Orion
« Reply #16 on: 02/20/2018 12:09 am »
The AA-2 motor was cast and went through NDT in late January.



Where did this test take place? NDT = Non-Destructive Test? Thanks.

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Re: NASA’s Ascent Abort-2 Test of Orion
« Reply #17 on: 02/20/2018 02:09 am »
The AA-2 motor was cast and went through NDT in late January.



Where did this test take place? NDT = Non-Destructive Test? Thanks.
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Re: NASA’s Ascent Abort-2 Test of Orion
« Reply #18 on: 03/10/2018 03:09 am »
Ascent Abort-2 Module Arrives in Houston


NASA Johnson
Published on Mar 9, 2018

NASA’s Johnson Space Center is the center of activity leading the design and build up for a critical safety test of America’s new exploration spacecraft.  An Orion crew module was delivered to Houston last week for assembly and outfitting for the April 2019 Ascent Abort-2 test, to demonstrate the ability of the spacecraft’s Launch Abort System to pull the crew module to safety if an emergency ever arises during ascent to space.  Doing this work at JSC is part of a lean approach to development, to minimize cost and schedule risks associated with the test.



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Re: NASA’s Ascent Abort-2 Test of Orion
« Reply #19 on: 03/10/2018 11:42 am »
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Our team welcomes @NASA_Orion's Ascent Abort-2 crew module to Houston. Our engineers will outfit the module with all the brains it needs for an April 2019 flight test that will help pave the way for crewed missions to the Moon and beyond...

https://twitter.com/NASA_Johnson/status/971464389697200129
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