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PA-1 tested the basic functionality of the launch abort concept from the pad in its preliminary Orion design configuration. It used the former conformal shape of the LAS adapter. The Flight Test Article (FTA) vehicle differed from production Orion vehicles in a number of ways. For example, the FTA
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Launch Abort System (LAS). PA-1 was the first test in a sequence of atmospheric flight tests known as Orion Abort Flight Test (AFT).
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did not have a crew on board, and the avionics were a prototype of what is planned for production Orions.
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Pad Abort-1 (PA-1) stack at White Sands Missile Range, N.M.
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The PA-1 test took place on May 6, 2010 at the U.S. Army's
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The Orion capsule used in the test is on display at the
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Pad Abort 1 (PA-1) launched May 6, 2010 at White Sands
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Index

Pad Abort 1
Pad Abort Test 1

NASA
Orion
Orion
White Sands
LC-32E

Constellation program
Ares I-X
Orion program
EFT-1
Orion
White Sands Missile Range
New Mexico
Constellation program
Virginia Air and Space Center
Hampton, Virginia
Pad Abort-1 (PA-1) stack at White Sands Missile Range, N.M.
Pad Abort 1 (PA-1) launched May 6, 2010 at White Sands
Parachute descending
PA-1 Crew Module post landing
PA-1 on display at the Virginia Air and Space Center
Virginia Air and Space Center
public domain material
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
"NASA Building Test Pad at White Sands for New Spacecraft"
"A Flight Dynamics Perspective of the Orion Pad Abort One Flight Test"
"The Virginia Air and Space Center to Begin Construction on New Gallery, IMAX Theater"

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