The test launch of the Max Launch Abort System, or MLAS from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility has been delayed to no earlier than 20 June due to weather issues. Here’s […] ...

Looks like Flash Gordon came to Virginia this Wednesday. Here you have images and video of the spectacular Max Launch Abort System in action. Sadly, the spiffy spacecraft won’t be in Orion ...

The Max Launch Abort System, or MLAS, vehicle features a bullet-shaped forward fairing that covers a simulated crew module, not shown. The vehicle weighs more than 46,000 lbs (20,865 kg) and is 33 ...

— Because of weather concerns and launch site preparation needs, NASA has rescheduled the test launch of the Max Launch Abort System, or MLAS, to no earlier than June 20 at the agency’s ...

The launch abort system is designed to pull an Orion capsule and its crew to safety from the launch pad through all phases of powered flight. An initial on-pad launch abort test was successfully ...

NASA, for example, experimented with it in the Max Launch Abort System nearly a decade ago, but the space agency ultimately stuck with a more traditional launch abort system for its Orion spacecraft.

In 1983, an escape rocket pulled the three cosmonauts of Soyuz T-10-1 to safety when its booster exploded on the launch pad. As of 2015, this is the only case where an abort system saved a crew ...

The launch abort system successfully activated once the anomaly was detected, pulling the capsule away from the launch vehicle and to safety. Both crew members were recovered alive and in good health.

The Max Launch Abort System ... 12 inch long x 6 inch dia. right hand cylinder) Operates during abort environments. (e.g., 15g acceleration, 35g-rms vibration, 1000g shock) ...

— Because of delays completing preliminary tests at the launch site, NASA has rescheduled the test launch of the Max Launch Abort System, or MLAS, to no earlier than June 25 at the agency’s ...