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LIVE NOW: @NASA_Orion’s Launch Abort System Attitude Control Motor feels the heat during a hot fire test at @NorthropGrumman’s Elkton, Maryland facility.
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10:54 AM - 20 Mar 2019

So, the secret is out.

This abort system has eight valves.
Each valve is positioned on one-eight of the body
Depending on which direction they need to take, the valves ignite in milliseconds,
as hot gas comes out of the valve to pivot the spacecraft in the opposite direction.