Launch Abort System
NASA is preparing for its Moon Mission Artemis to fly humans to the moon by 2024. As part of the preparations for the Artemis Mission, NASA has successfully tested the launch abort system for a capsule designed to take US astronauts to the moon.
About the System
The Launch Abort System is aimed at the evacuation of astronauts from the capsule in the event of an explosion or rocket booster failure.
The Launch Abort System on the capsule consists of a large needle-shaped structure equipped with solid rocket motors on board. These provide a thrust of 400,000 pounds, enough to pull the crew capsule away from the rocket.
Once the crew capsule is separated from the rocket, it would be reoriented to prepare it for descent and parachutes would open to ease the manned capsule’s fall toward the Atlantic.
