Orion Launch Abort System
E323526
The Orion Launch Abort System is a safety system designed to rapidly pull NASA’s Orion crew capsule away from its rocket in the event of an emergency during launch or ascent.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ascent Abort-2 test | 1 |
| Crew Escape System | 1 |
| Orion Launch Abort System canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3064204 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Orion Launch Abort System Context triple: [Space Launch System, launchEscapeSystem, Orion Launch Abort System]
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A.
Orion spacecraft
The Orion spacecraft is NASA’s next-generation crewed space vehicle designed to carry astronauts beyond low Earth orbit on deep-space missions, including journeys to the Moon and eventually Mars.
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B.
Starship Human Landing System
The Starship Human Landing System is NASA’s selected lunar lander variant of SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft, designed to transport astronauts between lunar orbit and the Moon’s surface for Artemis missions.
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C.
Exploration Upper Stage
The Exploration Upper Stage is a powerful second stage designed to enhance NASA’s Space Launch System rocket’s capability to send heavier payloads and crewed missions deeper into space, including to the Moon and beyond.
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D.
Orbital Test Vehicle
The Orbital Test Vehicle is an unmanned, reusable spaceplane developed for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force to conduct long-duration, classified orbital missions and technology demonstrations.
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E.
Space Launch System
The Space Launch System is NASA’s next-generation heavy-lift rocket designed to carry astronauts and large payloads beyond low Earth orbit, including missions to the Moon and eventually Mars.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Orion Launch Abort System Target entity description: The Orion Launch Abort System is a safety system designed to rapidly pull NASA’s Orion crew capsule away from its rocket in the event of an emergency during launch or ascent.
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A.
Orion spacecraft
The Orion spacecraft is NASA’s next-generation crewed space vehicle designed to carry astronauts beyond low Earth orbit on deep-space missions, including journeys to the Moon and eventually Mars.
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B.
Starship Human Landing System
The Starship Human Landing System is NASA’s selected lunar lander variant of SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft, designed to transport astronauts between lunar orbit and the Moon’s surface for Artemis missions.
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C.
Exploration Upper Stage
The Exploration Upper Stage is a powerful second stage designed to enhance NASA’s Space Launch System rocket’s capability to send heavier payloads and crewed missions deeper into space, including to the Moon and beyond.
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D.
Orbital Test Vehicle
The Orbital Test Vehicle is an unmanned, reusable spaceplane developed for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force to conduct long-duration, classified orbital missions and technology demonstrations.
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E.
Space Launch System
The Space Launch System is NASA’s next-generation heavy-lift rocket designed to carry astronauts and large payloads beyond low Earth orbit, including missions to the Moon and eventually Mars.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
launch escape system
ⓘ
spacecraft safety system ⓘ |
| activationMode |
automatic
ⓘ
manual ⓘ |
| appliesToVehicle |
Orion spacecraft
ⓘ
surface form:
Orion crew capsule
|
| capability |
attitude control during abort
ⓘ
high-acceleration crew escape ⓘ jettison after nominal ascent ⓘ |
| control | guided by onboard computers ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| deploymentCondition |
imminent explosion risk
ⓘ
launch vehicle failure ⓘ loss of control during ascent ⓘ |
| designedForCrewSize | up to four astronauts ⓘ |
| designedForPhase |
ascent
ⓘ
launch ⓘ |
| developmentAgency |
NASA Exploration Systems Mission Directorate
ⓘ
surface form:
NASA Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate
|
| ensures |
safe separation distance from failing rocket
ⓘ
stable orientation of crew module during abort ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
abort motor
ⓘ
attitude control motor ⓘ jettison motor ⓘ |
| heritage | inspired by Apollo-era tower abort systems ⓘ |
| jettisonEvent | after passing maximum dynamic pressure in nominal flight ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Lockheed Martin ⓘ |
| missionProfile | deep space crewed missions ⓘ |
| mountingLocation | top of the Orion crew module ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| partOf |
Orion program
ⓘ
surface form:
NASA Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle program
Orion spacecraft ⓘ |
| program |
Artemis program
ⓘ
surface form:
NASA Artemis program
|
| propulsionType | solid rocket motors ⓘ |
| purpose | to rapidly pull the Orion crew capsule away from its launch vehicle in an emergency ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
crew escape system
ⓘ
spacecraft abort system ⓘ |
| replaces | Apollo launch escape system conceptually ⓘ |
| riskMitigated |
loss of crew during launch
ⓘ
loss of vehicle during ascent ⓘ |
| safetyRole | crew survival in launch emergencies ⓘ |
| safetyStandard | human-rating requirements for Orion ⓘ |
| separationMethod | puller-type escape system ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| testedBy |
Orion Launch Abort System
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Ascent Abort-2 test
Pad Abort 1 test ⓘ |
| testType |
in-flight ascent abort test
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pad abort test ⓘ |
| usedOnMission | Artemis I ⓘ |
| usedWithLaunchVehicle | Space Launch System ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Orion Launch Abort System Description of subject: The Orion Launch Abort System is a safety system designed to rapidly pull NASA’s Orion crew capsule away from its rocket in the event of an emergency during launch or ascent.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Space Launch System
this entity surface form:
Crew Escape System
this entity surface form:
Ascent Abort-2 test