NASA Tests Alternate Launch Abort System for Astronaut Escape

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NASA Tests Alternate Launch Abort System for Astronaut Escape:

"WALLOPS ISLAND, Va., July 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- 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."