Vented Launch Vehicle Adapter for a Manned Spacecraft With “Pusher” Launch Abort System

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  • TBMG-27686
Published October 01, 2017 by Tech Briefs Media Group in United States
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A Launch Vehicle Adapter (LVA) was developed that provides a structural interface between a Commercial Crew Vehicle (CCV) Crew Module/Service Module Spacecraft (CM/SM) and an expendable launch vehicle. It also provides a means to control the exhaust plume from a pusher type launch abort system integrated into the Service Module.