JSC2009-E-245873 (20 Nov. 2009) --- Engineers work inside NASA's mobile operations facility at the U.S. Army's White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. Sam Kim, Pad Abort 1 Test Conductor, is supporting the flight test program from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center. The facility contains 14 console positions that will be used to monitor and launch the launch abort system Pad Abort 1 flight test. On launch day, this facility will be located at the range control center, about four miles from the launch pad. Photo credit: U.S. Army White Sands Missile Range
JSC2009-E-245786 (19 Nov. 2009) --- The boilerplate crew module for the Pad Abort-1 flight test vehicle is shown at the U.S. Army's White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The crew module is part of the integrated flight test to evaluate the ability of the launch abort system to pull an astronaut crew to safety in the event of an emergency on a launch pad. Photo credit: U.S. Army White Sands Missile Range
JSC2009-E-245759 (19 Nov. 2009) --- The boilerplate crew module for the Pad Abort-1 flight test vehicle is shown at the U.S. Army's White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The crew module is part of the integrated flight test to evaluate the ability of the launch abort system to pull an astronaut crew to safety in the event of an emergency on a launch pad. Photo credit: U.S. Army White Sands Missile Range
JSC2009-E-245743 (19 Nov. 2009) --- Technicians work near the boilerplate crew module for the Pad Abort-1 flight test vehicle at the U.S. Army's White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The crew module is part of the integrated flight test to evaluate the ability of the launch abort system to pull an astronaut crew to safety in the event of an emergency on a launch pad. Photo credit: U.S. Army White Sands Missile Range
JSC2009-E-245676 (18 Nov. 2009) --- At the U.S. Army's White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, most of the Pad Abort-1 (PA-1) flight test vehicle is shown in the final integration and test facility during preparations for the test. The nose cone is in the foreground, crew module to the right and the partial launch abort system on the left. The integrated flight test will evaluate the ability of the launch abort system to pull an astronaut crew to safety in the event of an emergency on a launch pad. Photo credit: U.S. Army White Sands Missile Range