Waspie_Dwarf Posted April 8, 2016 #1 Share Posted April 8, 2016 SpaceX adds abort function for Dragon cargo flights Taking a lesson from a launch failure last June, SpaceX wrote coded commands for future Dragon cargo capsules to deploy their parachutes for an emergency landing in the event of future rocket explosions, starting with Friday’s resupply flight to the International Space Station.The Dragon cargo carrier was never designed to survive a catastrophic in-flight rocket failure, but video footage showed the supply ship tumbling away from a debris cloud created by the breakup of its Falcon 9 booster minutes after liftoff from Cape Canaveral in June 2015. Read more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merc14 Posted April 8, 2016 #2 Share Posted April 8, 2016 Let's hope they never have to use this software! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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