# @nasa on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BzbhMe6BSe1
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11734527-nasa-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/16136a1e8c.jpg
- **Posted:** 2019-07-02T21:46:54.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA (@NASA) — https://gondola.cc/NASA

## Caption

It’s lit! 🔥🔥🔥 ⁣
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Today, we successfully verified the launch abort system of the #Orion spacecraft can outrun a speeding rocket and pull astronauts to safety in the unlikely event of an emergency after liftoff. ⁣
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This approximately three-minute test is another milestone for our #Artemis missions to send humans to the Moon and onto Mars.⁣
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Credit: NASA⁣
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#NASA #spaceflight #launch #AA2

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nasa, launch, artemis, aa2, orion, spaceflight

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