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    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...
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  • October 2011. "Ask Us – Space Shuttle Abort Modes". Aerospaceweb.org. 25 June 2006. Retrieved 20 October 2011. Shayler David (2009). Space Rescue: Ensuring the...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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  • 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)...
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    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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    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...
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    On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members aboard. The spacecraft disintegrated...
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  • Ben Guerir Air Base (category Space Shuttle Emergency Landing Sites)
    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    Single-stage-to-orbit Space Shuttle abort modes Space Shuttle program SpaceX Starship design process Studied Space Shuttle designs "Report of the Space Task Group...
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    abort modes – Plans for mission abort during an Apollo spacecraft launch Space Shuttle abort modes – NASA Space Shuttle safety procedures Orion abort...
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    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...
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    generated from a Mach 3 ejection. Escape pod Launch escape system Space Shuttle abort modes Sadler, R. F.; Skinner, E. B. "History of Aircraft Escape System...
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    19 March 2013. Dumoulin, Jim (2000). "Mission Events Summary: Ascent Abort Modes". NSTS 1988 News Reference Manual. Washington, D.C.: NASA. Archived from...
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    The Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) was the first solid-propellant rocket to be used for primary propulsion on a vehicle used for human spaceflight...
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    STS-55 (category Space Shuttle missions)
    of Space Shuttle missions Outline of space science Space Shuttle Space Shuttle abort modes "Former NASA Astronaut Steven Nagel Dies at 67". Space.com...
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  • 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...
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  • Paracone (category Space technology)
    Pack Space Shuttle abort modes, which do not include use of the paracone concept. Escape pod Escape crew capsule MOOSE Analysis and design of space vehicle...
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    2018. Media related to Beja Airport at Wikimedia Commons Official website Space Shuttle abort modes#Emergency landing sites Portals:  Portugal  Aviation...
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  • 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...
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  • Space Shuttle missions designated STS-3xx (officially called Launch On Need (LON) missions) were rescue missions which would have been mounted to rescue...
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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...
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    STS-51-F (category Space Shuttle missions)
    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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    Launch vehicle (redirect from Space booster)
    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...
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    STS-1 (category Space Shuttle missions)
    To Launch Site Abort. The first launch of the Space Shuttle occurred on April 12, 1981, exactly 20 years after the first crewed space flight, when the...
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    SpaceX Crew Dragon In-Flight Abort Test (also known as Crew Dragon Launch Escape Demonstration) was a successful test of the SpaceX Dragon 2 abort system...
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