Artemis SLS Escape Basket Test

Artemis SLS Escape Basket Test
#NASA #Artemis #SLS
Watch NASA conduct testing at Launch Complex 39B at NASA Kennedy Space Center of the emergency egress system basket T-0 release system.
At the moment of launch, this system releases the baskets away from the mobile launcher to their terminus location at the pad perimeter. The release system helps prevent potential damage to baskets during launch, ensuring they will be ready to support future NASA Artemis missions 🚀
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[@florianbooneiam]

Boy, that was slow…

[@leschortos9196]

Slowest zipline in history, only cost 68 million dollars...

[@ArztvomDienst]

Just watched the final Pad 39A escape system activation 12yrs ago, 20sec from release to ground. The much higher velocity of the old system is also clearly noticable by the much higher pitched noise the cabs made. This system took 34-36ish secs, smth like that.

[@Flying90]

Yeah that one was legendary!! This one was kind of eeehhhh😅

[@Dallemations]

I swear the entire Artemis program is out of date, even the camera footage looks like from 1996!

[@LarryEugenePhillipsJr]

#2 wins!

[@julioguardado]

World's slowest escape from a rocket blowing up on launch pad. Those gondolas would be blown off those cables.

[@raptorwhite6468]

It's not supposed to save anyone from an explosion, LES is used for that. This system carries the crew away after a launch abort, for example if one of the RS-25 engines didn't light up.

[@julioguardado]

@@raptorwhite6468 Makes sense. Thanks.

[@MustafaKemal-oe8ie]

Oh very cool

[@fogcat5]

cool! in an actual event where they were needed, it would go faster because the tower end of the cable would have fallen to the ground in the first few seconds

[@johnbeckham1672]

hahahahahah!!! So true

[@peterprotentis6408]

Better off with a rocket powered ejection system like on a fight jet. The astronauts could be propelled out & away from the launch vehicle and parachute down

[@don312000]

They have one! That's what the escape tower is for. The escape tower won't help the closeout crew, though.

[@mobilesound2112]

Looks like it is just a 1/2 speed test. Actual emergency I'm sure they would have a much different velocity

[@dust1209]

NASA could shore up costs for SLS by offering rides on the escape basket.

[@MustafaKemal-oe8ie]

Hope we never have to use it and the space shuttle era (1981-2011) also had this

[@jasonhickcox1546]

Looks slow as fk what fk nobody can get away from a big ass bomb in 5 min....... wtf

[@EvM411]

🚠 gon slow da

[@deniseelles4545]

I'm SO tired of NASA bashing here. Just not cool

[@DeanOliver1964]

It's fine when it's justified. What's worse is the NASA bootlicking. NASA and more specifically the Artemis and the SLS program is a giant step backwards riddled with nothing but problems, delays, failed promises and yet we are no closer to getting back to the Moon. The entire SLS program should be shuttered and more focus needs to be on reusability, reliability and low cost. These escape baskets date back to the Apollo era.

[@garyb8528]

That sucked. How can that speed help?

[@jasonhickcox1546]

I'm pretty sure Boeing made that.................

[@shane1039]

🐌

[@Chessenthusiast50]

First

[@vladibelru]

Little kid

[@bohemethmonkey]

@@vladibelrueven smaller kid

[@theforest8882]

no one cares

[@bohemethmonkey]

@@theforest8882 you took your time to care to comment. Oof