 A "pad abort" flight test of the MLAS was performed at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on July 8, 2009 just after 6:25 a.m.NASA Tests Alternate Launch Abort System for Astronaut Escape A primary test goal was the successful separation of a mock crew capsule from the abort system.
<coherence>  A "pad abort" flight test of the MLAS was performed at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on July 8, 2009 just after 6:25 a.m.NASA Tests Alternate Launch Abort System for Astronaut Escape A primary test goal was the successful separation of a mock crew capsule from the abort system.