Space Shuttle abort modes were procedures by which the nominal launch of the NASA Space Shuttle could be terminated. A pad abort occurred after ignition...

ascent, the EDS was turned off and an abort would have to be initiated manually. Of the five abort modes, the modes up to three (III) are variations of...

Edwards or White Sands within a 24-hour period. Space Shuttle abort modes Apollo abort modes Soyuz abort modes "MRAP Rolls Through Pad Evacuation Runs". NASA...

2011. "Ask Us – Space Shuttle Abort Modes". Aerospaceweb.org. 25 June 2006. Retrieved 20 October 2011. Shayler, David (2009). Space Rescue: Ensuring...

three launch aborts and one in-orbit abort. All crew members survived the aborts. Apollo abort modes Space Shuttle abort modes Orion abort modes "Soyuz MS...

On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members aboard. The spacecraft disintegrated...

a mode resulting in the return of the spacecraft to Earth: Apollo abort modes Space Shuttle abort modes Soyuz abort modes Orion abort modes Abort (album)...

The Space Shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which...

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following a fuel leak to avoid becoming hazardous space debris. Abort Once Around, a Space Shuttle abort mode requiring an incomplete orbit with a path somewhat...

retirement of NASA's Space Shuttle fleet took place from March to July 2011. Discovery was the first of the three active Space Shuttles to be retired, completing...

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...

19 March 2013. Dumoulin, Jim (2000). "Mission Events Summary: Ascent Abort Modes". NSTS 1988 News Reference Manual. Washington, D.C.: NASA. Archived from...

as a United States Air Force base and Transatlantic Abort Landing (TAL) site for the Space Shuttle. Ben Guerir was established in 1951 by the U.S. Strategic...

motion between the aircraft and the atmosphere Abort once around, a type of Space Shuttle abort mode AOA (group), a South Korean girl group debuted in...

2018. Media related to Beja Airport at Wikimedia Commons Official website Space Shuttle abort modes#Emergency landing sites Portals: Portugal Aviation...

another plan to have the Space Shuttle dock with a Salyut space station. In the early 1980s, NASA planned to launch a modular space station called Freedom...

capability to return to the launch site (RTLS). Both the US Space Shuttle—with one of its abort modes—and the Soviet Buran had a designed-in capability to return...

capability to return to the launch site (RTLS). Both the US Space Shuttle—with one of its abort modes—and the Soviet Buran had a designed-in capability to return...

The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and...

point in the ascent at which an RTLS was no longer possible in Space Shuttle abort modes This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title...

of human spaceflights List of Space Shuttle missions Outline of space science Space Shuttle Space Shuttle abort modes "STS-55". Spacefacts. Retrieved...

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of the Space Shuttle, both atmospheric and orbital. FDO monitored vehicle performance during the powered flight phase and assessed abort modes, calculated...

Criticism of the Space Shuttle program stemmed from claims that NASA's Space Shuttle program failed to achieve its promised cost and utility goals, as...

down and the shuttle had to perform an "Abort to Orbit" (ATO) emergency procedure. It is the only Shuttle mission to have carried out an abort after launching...

Additional failure modes include bore choking and combustion instability. Failure of an O-ring seal on the Challenger space shuttle's right solid rocket...

where the two craft land together without launching SpaceShipOne; this is one of the main abort modes available. For launch, the combined craft flies to...

Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. She was the fourth woman, the second American woman and the first Jewish woman of any nationality to fly in space,...