Launch escape system
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A launch escape system or launch abort system is a crew-safety system connected to a space capsule. It is used in the event of a critical emergency to quickly separate the capsule from its launch vehi
Diagram of Gemini's launch escape sequence
The escape system unintentionally blasted off from the Mercury spacecraft on the failed Mercury-Redstone 1 mission
The escape tower used by Shenzhou
A Dragon 2 undergoing a pad abort test on May 6, 2015, demonstrating a "pusher" LAS.
SuperDraco
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SuperDraco is a hypergolic propellant rocket engine designed and built by SpaceX. It is part of the SpaceX Draco family of rocket engines. A redundant array of eight SuperDraco engines provides fault-
A pair of SuperDraco rocket engines at SpaceX Hawthorne facility
SuperDraco test-fire mosaic