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> The Space Shuttle did not have a launch abort system. Challenger did not. Later shuttle launches included the "Inflight Crew Escape System", or ICES. https:
by LeoPanthera 7y ago
> The Space Shuttle did not have a launch abort system.
Challenger did not. Later shuttle launches included the "Inflight Crew Escape System", or ICES.
https://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/reference/shutref/escape/inflight.html https://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/reference/shutref/escap...
- Teknoman117 7y agoICES was not a launch abort system. It was a way for the astronauts to bail out of the shuttle after re-entry if they weren’t going to be able to land the shuttle safely. The only shuttle to ever was anything resembling a launch abort system were the first few flights of Columbia. It had ejection seats for the pilot and commander. However, later statements by NASA and the astronauts said that using them probably would’ve resulted in the death of the astronauts due to descending through the extremely hot exhaust of the launch.