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Launch-abort-system and parachute test of the Apollo Command Module via Little Joe II. A launch escape system (LES) or launch abort system (LAS) is a crew-safety system connected to a space capsule. It is used in the event of a critical emergency to quickly separate the capsule from its launch vehicle in case of an emergency requiring the abort ...
A launch abort to Easter Island sets off the events of Lee Correy's 1981 novel Shuttle Down. A detailed RTLS maneuver is depicted in astronaut Mike Mullane's 1993 technothriller novel Red Sky: A Novel of Love, Space, & War. The use of the inflight crew escape system (ICES) was depicted in the 2000 sci-fi film Space Cowboys.
A figure showing the Apollo spacecraft's launch abort system. A diagram showing the configuration of Crew Dragon Endeavor during the Demo-2 mission.. Traditionally, spacecraft like Apollo and Soyuz have utilized solid-fueled "puller" launch escape systems, with the main spacecraft beneath a protective fairing attached to the escape system.
Abort Space shuttle main engine (SSME) #3 replaced after a launch abort. 3 1985-03-05 Challenger: STS-51-E. STS-51-B. Payload Challenger was rolled back from Pad 39A due to a timing problem with the primary payload, the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-B (TDRS-B). The vehicle was de-stacked in the VAB and the orbiter returned to Orbiter ...
Similar to a Space Shuttle trans-Atlantic (TAL) abort profile, the Orion will use the AJ-10 engine to propel the spacecraft to a desired separation point, in which then the Orion CM would land in either western Spain or Morocco on "due east" (i.e., lunar) flights, or in Ireland or the United Kingdom on ISS-bound flights.
The Soyuz pad abort procedure. The Image shows from left to right: 1) The firing of the SAS carrying the orbital module, descent module and a portion of the payload fairing from the launch vehicle 2) The separation of the descent module from the rest of the assembly 3) The deployment of parachutes and separation of heat shield 4) The firing of landing engines
[129] [140] [143] During a nominal flight without a launch abort, Starliner can use unspent fuel reserved for its RS-88 engines to help its OMAC engines perform the orbital insertion burn, following separation from the Centaur upper stage during launch. [141] Once in space, Starliner spacecraft can survive up to 60 hours in free flight. [112]
A launch status check, also known as a "go/no go poll" and several other terms, occurs at the beginning of an American spaceflight mission in which flight controllers monitoring various systems are queried for operation and readiness status before a launch can proceed. For Space Shuttle missions, in the firing room at the Launch Control Center ...