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English: Launch Abort System Installed for Orion Flight Test

The launch abort system for the Orion Flight Test is lowered by crane for installation on the Orion spacecraft inside the Launch Abort System Facility, or LASF, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center . The completed crew and service modules will be tested and verified together with the launch abort system. Orion will remain inside the LASF until mid-November, when the United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket is ready for integration with the spacecraft.

Orion is the exploration spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to destinations not yet explored by humans, including an asteroid and Mars. It will have emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. The first unpiloted test flight of the Orion is scheduled to launch in December atop the Delta IV Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida to an altitude of 3,600 miles above the Earth's surface. The two-orbit, four-hour flight test will help engineers evaluate the systems critical to crew safety including the heat shield, parachute system and launch abort system.

Polski: Launch Abort System Zainstalowany do Testowego Lotu Oriona

Launch Abort System dla Testowego lotu Oriona nr 1, jest opuszczany do systemu montażowego statku kosmicznego Orion, wewnątrz stanowiska Launch Abort System Facility, lub LASF, w należącym do NASA centrum Kennedy Space Center na Florydzie. Gotowe moduły załogowy ang. crew module i serwisowy ang. service module będą testowane i weryfikowane wraz z systemem Launch Abort System. Orion pozostanie wewnątrz LASF do połowy listopada, kiedy to rakieta United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy będzie gotowa do integracji ze statkiem kosmicznych Orion.

Orion jest statkiem kosmicznym przeznaczonym do transportowania astronautów do miejsc jeszcze nie badanych przez ludzi, w tym na asteroidy i Marsa. Będzie on miał możliwość przerwania lotu w razie niebezpieczeństwa, utrzymania załogi w czasie podróży kosmicznych i zapewnienia bezpiecznego ponownego wejścia do atmosfery ziemskiej z przestrzeni kosmicznej z prędkością powrotu. Pierwszy bezłogowy test Oriona zaplanowano w grudniu na szczycie rakiety Delta IV Heavy z kosmodromu Cape Canaveral Air Force Station na Florydzie do wysokości 3600 km nad powierzchnią Ziemi. Test składający się z dwóch okrążeń Ziemi i trwający 4 godziny pomoże inżynierom ocenić systemy krytyczne dla bezpieczeństwa załogi, w tym osłonę termiczną, system spadochronowy i Launch Abort System.
Image Credit: NASA/Cory Huston
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