NASA Pad Abort 1 test successful

[groovyone]

Went off at 8AM CST without a hitch. You should be able to watch the replays here on the LIVE channel:

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

This was a test of the Launch Abort System (LAS) to make sure it can lift the crew module, Orion, safely away from the launchpad in the event of a failure.