[PUBLISH.TWITTER] Elon Musk's SpaceX is gearing up to destroy one of its own rockets on Sunday to test a crucial emergency abort system on an unmanned astronaut capsule, the company's final milestone test before flying Nasa astronauts from US soil.https://t.co/vnFRW6MTdt
— Dawn.com (@dawn_com) January 18, 2020
| Currently set for a 6 hour window Sunday AM started at 8AM EST but the waves are rough for recovering the capsule so don't bet on it. |
Crew Dragon separating from Falcon 9 during today’s test, which verified the spacecraft’s ability to carry astronauts to safety in the unlikely event of an emergency on ascent pic.twitter.com/rxUDPFD0v5
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) January 19, 2020