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...

from the aerodynamic stress of launch and to connect the CSM to the Saturn launch vehicle and a launch escape system (LES) to carry the crew in the command...

Redstone launch vehicles contained an automatic abort sensing system which allowed them to abort a launch by firing the launch escape system if something...

the launch escape system (LES). These included simulated "pad aborts", which might occur while the Apollo-Saturn space vehicle was still on the launch pad...

for various SSME failure scenarios. An ejection escape system, sometimes called a "launch escape system", had been discussed many times for the shuttle...

is encased within a fairing with a launch escape system during liftoff. The first Soyuz mission, Kosmos 133, launched unmanned on 28 November 1966. The...

small solid-fueled motor (the launch escape motor) at the top of the tower on the launch escape system. The launch escape tower would then be jettisoned...

tetroxide, was chosen as the launch escape motor for the Boeing Starliner capsule. The RS-88 stemmed from NASA's Bantam System Technology Project, part of...

crew capsule – Aircraft crew escape system Launch escape system – A system to get the crew to safety if a rocket launch fails Apollo abort modes – Plans...

the Soyuz capsule from the launch vehicle up to about two and a half minutes into powered flight. The launch escape system can be triggered by onboard...

the Apollo spacecraft launch escape system (LES), and to verify the performance of the command module parachute recovery system in abort mode. It was...

environmental control system tests, Oct. 22–29, 1964, consisted of command module 14, service module 3, launch escape system 14, and Saturn launch adapters. BP-15...

rocket used by NASA for eight launches from 1959 to 1961 from Wallops Island, Virginia to test the launch escape system and heat shield for Project Mercury...

SuperDraco engines provides fault-tolerant propulsion for use as a launch escape system for the SpaceX Dragon 2, a passenger-carrying space capsule. SuperDraco...

finished its launch countdown; the launch vehicle was destroyed on the launch pad by fire on 26 September 1983. The launch escape system of the Soyuz...

spacecraft Launch Escape System. Objectives of the test were a performance evaluation of the escape system, the parachute and landing system, and recovery...

escape system, that lowers cost by being reusable and enhances safety by avoiding the jettison event of a traditional 'tractor' Launch Escape System,...

of test of a launch escape system which conducted by setting the system along with the spacecraft still on the ground and let the system activate to carry...

(LJ-1) was a failed launch of a Little Joe by NASA, a solid fuel rocket that was designed for a Max Q abort and launch escape system test for the Mercury...

The Max Launch Abort System (MLAS) was a proposed alternative to the Maxime Faget-invented "tractor" launch escape system (LES) that was planned for use...

bunker. This was the third available escape route for the astronauts, the first being the launch escape system on the rocket itself, and the second being...

The Little Joe 1B was a launch escape system test of the Mercury spacecraft, conducted as part of the U.S. Mercury program. The mission also carried a...

aircrew until they land Caterpillar Club Dynamic response index Escape pod Launch escape system Airborne lifeboat Lifeboat Pressure suit Ejection Tie Club...

closed-loop abort system sensed a change in engine chamber pressure when the LOX supply was depleted and fired the launch escape system. The abort signaled...

sensing system. In an emergency where the rocket was about to suffer a catastrophic failure, an abort would activate the launch escape system attached...

the launch escape system could safely remove the command module under critical abort conditions. Unlike Pad Abort Test 1, in which the launch escape system...

The Little Joe 6 was a launch escape system test of the Mercury spacecraft, conducted as part of the U.S. Mercury program. The mission used a boilerplate...

in life support systems, spacecraft reentry, and other critical areas. Gemini's emergency launch escape system did not use an escape tower powered by...

an actual abort situation occurred, and further proved the Apollo launch escape system (LES). The CM was successfully pulled away from the malfunctioning...

specialized devices such as the Quick-MEDS delivery system and as part of the launch escape system for the Soyuz spacecraft. In 2014, SpaceX tested grid...