NASA, SpaceX Complete Final Major Flight Test

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NASA, SpaceX Complete Final Major Flight Test of Crew Spacecraft

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NASA and SpaceX completed a launch escape demonstration of the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket Sunday. This was the final major flight test of the spacecraft before it begins carrying astronauts to the International Space Station under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

The launch escape test began at 10:30 a.m. EST with liftoff from historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a mission to show the spacecraft’s capability to safely separate from the rocket in the unlikely event of an inflight emergency.

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[RoofGardener]

Wow.. absolutely amazing footage.

[Jon the frog]

That's some fireworks ! Costly one ! I'm glad that the testing gone well too, way to go SpaceX!

Edited January 22, 2020 by Jon the frog