NASA Demonstrated Alternate Launch Abort System For Astronaut Escape

NASA has successfully demonstrated an alternate system for future astronauts to escape their launch vehicle. A simulated launch of the Max Launch Abort System, or MLAS, took place Wednesday morning at 6:26 a.m. at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Va.The unpiloted launch tested an alternate concept for safely propelling a future spacecraft and its crew away from a problem on the