NASA tested the escape chamber on the spacecraft

NASA has been testing and launching an escape chamber for astronauts, to create absolute safety in emergencies.

The experiment was conducted in the White Sands missile area, south of the New Mexico desert.

This escape compartment called Orion will be activated in case of a problem when launching a train like a fire or a difficult move in orbit.

The first engine of the cabin will activate three missiles that will act as propulsion, lifting the spacecraft to more than 700 km per hour for the first three seconds.

The second engine is responsible for driving the module along the missile, which is fired almost at the same time as the above engine stop.

The escape chamber was launched into the air, leaving a large flow of white smoke.

When shot up, the escape chamber leaves a large stream of white smoke. After the engine part has completely burned, the third motor is started to separate the module from the system that has stopped working before opening it.

Orion will find his way back to Earth just about 1.6 km away from the launch site. The whole process only lasted 2 minutes and 15 seconds.

Then slowly turn off the engine to stop working.

NASA CEO Doug Cooke said: 'This system has been greatly improved in terms of capabilities as well as technology compared to previously designed systems. NASA is working hard to make human flight space as safe as possible and what we do today will contribute positively to that mission. '

And finally, despite being turned on to bring the compartment to Earth safely.

The original Orion compartment was designed to bring astronauts back to the moon. But in February, President Barack Obama "closed" NASA's plan to return to the moon more than $ 70 billion, instead investing in new missile technology research.

An offer was made to bring the Orion chamber to the ISS for use as an emergency vehicle so that US astronauts would not rely on Russian Soyuz in emergency flights to Earth.

Source: Mail Online