Orion Capsule Emergency Escape System Test

by Karl Tate, SPACE.com Infographics Artist

Date: 03 May 2010 Time: 06:36 PM ET

NASA was testing an astronaut escape ship designed to pull an Orion spacecraft should an emergency arise during launch.

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