The abort on was “a good message to all of us: this is serious stuff,” said NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik. “We have to prepare for this even though there’s a low likelihood of it happening.”On Tuesday, NASA is scheduled to test the emergency abort system of its new spacecraft, the Orion crew capsule. Boeing has said it has since successfully tested the system; SpaceX is still investigating what caused its spacecraft to explode. In Tuesday’s planned test, the Orion spacecraft will lift off be from launch pad 46. “We’re not expecting it to stay intact when it hits,” Jenny Devolites, the NASA test manager.

Source: National Post July 02, 2019 13:04 UTC