NASA’s Ascent Abort-2 Test of Orion

• #20 by Ike17055 on 15 Mar, 2018 16:00
• Where does this test launch take place from? The video states Cape Canaveral”. Do we know which launch complex hosts this?
• #21 by Flying Beaver on 15 Mar, 2018 16:12
• Quote from: Ike17055 on 15 Mar, 2018 16:00

  Where does this test launch take place from? The video states Cape Canaveral”. Do we know which launch complex hosts this?
  

  
  From: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/files/orion_las_fact_sheet.pdf
  
  

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  The Ascent Abort-2 test will launch an Orion mock-up from Space Launch
  Complex 46 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. During the test, the spacecraft will be
  integrated with an ascent test booster – a first stage booster from a Peacekeeper
  missile modified by Orbital Sciences Corporation in Arizona.
• #22 by catdlr on 30 Mar, 2018 05:32
• Orion Ascent Abort-2
  
  NASA Langley Research Center
  Published on Mar 29, 2018
  
  The Orion Ascent Abort-2 Crew Module Fabrication Lead Tom Arboneaux reviews work conducted on the crew module at NASA Langley prior to it being shipped to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston for follow-on instrumentation installation.
  
  
  
  
• #23 by Archibald on 30 Mar, 2018 19:51
• Little Joe II !
• #24 by rayleighscatter on 30 Mar, 2018 21:03
• Orbital ATK tested an SR-118 (Peacekeeper) Motor in Utah yesterday in connection to the AA-2 campaign.
  
  https://www.orbitalatk.com/news-room/feature-stories/Peacekeeper-Motor-Test/default.aspx
  
  
• #25 by catdlr on 31 Mar, 2018 02:13
• Supercomputer Simulation of NASA's Orion Launch Abort Vehicle
  
  NASA's Ames Research Center
  Published on Mar 30, 2018
  
  Launch is one of the most complex parts of flight -- and one of the most likely places for something to go wrong. At NASA's Ames Research Center in California's Silicon Valley, researchers are producing highly detailed simulations and visualizations to help keep astronauts safe during the dynamic liftoff conditions of NASA's Orion spacecraft.
  
  This simulation, run on NASA's Pleiades supercomputer, shows an ascent abort scenario that is triggered as the vehicle is traveling at close to the speed of sound. The video starts at abort initiation with motor ignition. Colored plumes indicate high pressure (red) and low pressure (blue). Each pixel changing from blue to red (and vice versa) over time is related to pressure waves that cause vibrations on the vehicle (white). The video slows down when the pressure and air flow conditions are particularly harsh. Regions where the color changes abruptly in space, but stays constant in time, indicate the presence of shock waves.
  
  Video credit: NASA/Ames Research Center/T. Sandstrom