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Colo. officials happy that space capsule is spared
Posted: 04.15.2010 at 3:51 PM
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NASA, Alliant Techsystems (ATK) and Lockheed Martin performed a ground test of a full-scale attitude control motor for the launch abort system of the Orion crew exploration vehicle. The test was conducted at ATK's facility in Elkton, Md.   / Courtesy: NASA/ATK
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Orion was conceived as the crew module for the Constellation mission to return humans to the moon, but President Barack Obama canceled the program.

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