NASA test fires Orion service module engine

NASA has put a key component of its Orion deep-space probe through its paces, conducting a static firing of the spacecraft's service module's main engine at the space agency's White Sands Test Facility near Las Cruces in New Mexico. The purpose of the 12-minute test of the qualification version of the propulsion system was to demonstrate its ability to return the manned capsule safely to Earth in an emergency.

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• Orion Spacecraft

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