Coming into land on a flight from Manchester UK the plane almost touches down then pulls up steeply apparently a small aircraft had pulled onto run way

Ares Launch Abort System

The Pad Abort-1 Test will be the first of a series of flight tests of the full Orion Launch Abort System (LAS), which is being developed by NASA, Lockheed Martin and Orbital Sciences Corporation. These tests will be conducted at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The LAS is a solid rocket motor system that.... more

This is STS-93--Columbia in July 1999--July 20, 1999--the 30th anniv. of the Apollo 11 moon landing. This was the mission to deploy Chandra X-Ray Observatory. It was all ready to go, then there was a problem and they had to abort.

some stupids aborting after V1

Hartsfield Jackson 3-27-08

other things :-) Something didn't go exactly as planned, but that gave me the opportunity to catch that bird twice in the afternoon. Also featured, takeoff from RWY29

The rear camera picks up this bus attempting to overtake me and then aborting the maneuver. There was a bendy bus coming the other way, so I'm not sure where I was supposed to go if didn't abort it!

NASA and its industry partners tested the Orion spacecraft abort motor on 11/20/08. The abort system will pull Orion and the astronauts off of the Ares rocket in the event of a mishap. The test took place in Promontory, Utah.

NASA and its industry partners tested the Orion spacecraft abort motor on 11/20/08. The abort system will pull Orion and the astronauts off of the Ares rocket in the event of a mishap. The test took place in Promontory, Utah.