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NASA Successfully Tests Orion's Launch Abort System

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   The U.S. space agency NASA has successfully tested the Orion
   spacecraft's launch abort system, designed to save crew members should
   an emergency occur during a launch.

   A test version of the Orion crew module blasted off from the Space
   Launch Complex at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida early
   Tuesday.

   During the approximately three-minute test flight, called Ascent
   Abort-2, the test spacecraft traveled to an altitude of nearly 10
   kilometers, at which point it experienced high-stress aerodynamic
   conditions expected during ascent.
   

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