Orion Launch Abort Team Designs With Confidence

Engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., responsible for developing propulsion elements for the Orion crew capsule's Launch Abort System passed a major milestone Aug. 31 with the completion of Orion's Preliminary Design Review.The Launch Abort System is the critical element of the Orion capsule that will pull its crew safely away from the Ares I rocket in the event of