Orion Max Launch Abort System

On July 8, 2009, the full-size Orion capsule, encased in a bullet-shaped fairing, leapt off the ground at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Climbing approximately one mile high (1.6 km), the uncrewed Orion rode atop the thrust from four solid rocket motors that were mounted to a skirt at the bottom of the 33-foot-tall (10 m) vehicle. Once restored, the capsule may be moved from where it was delivered, next to department's Inflatable Lunar-Mars Analog Habitat, to a more visible location on the campus.

Type

Orion

Kind

Test Article

Location

University of North Dakota

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