# @nasaartemis on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/ByAWJi3ghDb
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/15342958-nasaartemis-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2019-05-28T11:59:30.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA Artemis (@nasaartemis) — https://gondola.cc/nasaartemis

## Caption

The vehicle for Orion’s Ascent Abort-2 (AA-2) flight test exited the Launch Abort System Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 22, 2019. The flight test article then made a 21.5 mile trek to Space Launch Complex 46 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in preparation for its launch this summer. During AA-2, a test version of Orion will launch on a booster to more than six miles in altitude, where Orion’s launch abort system will pull the capsule away to demonstrate it can keep a future crew inside safe if an emergency occurs during ascent on the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket.

The AA-2 elements will be stacked together at the launch pad over the next several weeks. Save the date! The launch is planned for ‪July 2‬ and is a critical safety test that helps pave the way for Artemis missions near the Moon, and will enable astronauts to set foot on the lunar surface by 2024.

Credit: NASA

#NASA #moon2024 #AA2 #orion #spacecraft #sls #rocket #groundsystems #capecanaveral #spacecoast

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nasa, capecanaveral, rocket, moon2024, spacecoast, spacecraft, sls, aa2, orion, groundsystems

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