SpaceX has blown up a rocket to test an astronaut escape system as part of the company's final trial before it can fly manned missions.
SpaceX has blown up a rocket to test an astronaut escape system as part of the company's final trial before it can fly manned missions.
A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral on Sunday - a day later than originally scheduled due to bad weather -and was attached to a Dragon crew capsule containing two mannequins. To test the emergency abort system, the capsule boosted off from the Falcon 9 just over a minute later around 12 miles above the Atlantic Ocean. The rest of the rocket then deliberately shut off its engines and descended into a fiery blast.
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