MEIT supporting next ORION launch (AA-2)

The small rocket on the pad will lift the ORION capsule (seen being installed on the rocket in the pictures below) to altitude and speed that the Launch Abort rocket may be called upon to work.

MEIT’s Ron Geiger and team members designed the electrical circuits for the hatch on the cone you see below. The circuits are critical to safety and indicate if the ten latches on the hatch are latched. In total, there are five key circuits for this system to work flawlessly. Plus, using the KISS principle, they are simple contact closures that have gone through the required safety and mission assurances to increase fidelity during the upcoming test launch.

The following pictures show the stages the Launch Abort System (LAS) went through upon arriving and being placed on this rocket.

Excellent progress, team!

Related Article:

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/orion-launch-abort-system-designed-to-pull-its-weight-for-moon-missions