WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. — 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 ...

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOCs) played a major role in NASA’s development of an alternate astronaut escape system that was successfully demonstrated today in a simulated launch abort test.

NASA has postponed indefinitely the launch of its 20,450kg (45,000lb) 10m (33ft)-tall Max Launch Abort System (MLAS) flight-test vehicle from its Wallops Flight Test Facility in Virginia. Planned for ...

The NASA Constellation Program is developing an astronaut escape system for its Orion spacecraft, designed to carry humans to the International Space Station by 2015 and to the lunar surface by 2020.

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 a look at the vehicle itself ...