The Launch Abort System for the Orion Ascent Abort-2 Flight Test is assembled inside the Launch Abort System Facility at Kennedy Space Center February 5, 2019 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The LAS is being prepared for a full-stress test scheduled for Spring 2019. AA-2 will launch from Space Launch Complex 46, carrying a fully functional LAS and a 22,000-pound Orion test vehicle to an altitude of 31,000 feet and traveling at more than 1,000 miles an hour. The test will verify the LAS can steer the crew module and astronauts aboard to safety.

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