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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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  • 2011. "Ask Us – Space Shuttle Abort Modes". Aerospaceweb.org. 25 June 2006. Retrieved 20 October 2011. Shayler, David (2009). Space Rescue: Ensuring...
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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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  • identical to an S-IVB to COI abort. Apollo pre-launch abort modes Space Shuttle abort modes Orion abort modes Soyuz abort modes As it turned out, however...
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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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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  • following a fuel leak to avoid becoming hazardous space debris. Abort Once Around, a Space Shuttle abort mode requiring an incomplete orbit with a path somewhat...
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    4 Effect of spaceflight on the human body Space Shuttle Maintenance of the International Space Station Space station Harwood (2005). Musgrave, Larsen,...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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 escape system. The Space Shuttle was far too big and heavy for this approach to be viable, resulting in a number of abort modes that may or may not have...
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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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    This feathered reentry mode is claimed to be inherently safer than the behavior at similar speeds of the Space Shuttle. The Shuttle undergoes enormous aerodynamic...
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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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    another plan to have the Space Shuttle dock with a Salyut space station. In the early 1980s, NASA planned to launch a modular space station called Freedom...
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    During the lifetime of the Space Shuttle, Rockwell International and many other organizations studied various Space Shuttle designs. These involved different...
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    Dragon Pad Abort Test Orion Pad Abort 1 and Ascent Abort 2 Boeing Pad Abort Test Soyuz abort modes TV-D1 Wikimedia Commons has media related to SpaceX In-Flight...
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    STS-55 (category Space Shuttle missions)
    of human spaceflights List of Space Shuttle missions Outline of space science Space Shuttle Space Shuttle abort modes "STS-55". Spacefacts. Retrieved...
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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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