SpaceX’s Dragon 2 test vehicle has conducted her maiden flight on Wednesday, leaping off a Cape Canaveral truss structure under the power of eight SuperDraco engines at 9am local time. Known as the Pad Abort test, the objectives of the flight involved the gathering of key test data to help graduate the vehicle to be ready to carry NASA astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS).
"Dragon pad abort"
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Dragon receives long-planned propulsive landing upgrade after years of development
by Aaron McCreaSpaceX announced a new capability for the Dragon spacecraft on Sept. 27 in the unlikely…
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Launch Roundup: two missions to the ISS, including first Dragon 2 from SLC-40
by John SharpSpaceX is preparing to launch three Falcon 9s, including two Starlink missions. Additionally, launching this…
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With each new crew launch from the U.S. comes the inevitable questions: Why all the…
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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley on the Crew Dragon’s Demo-2 mission…
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It’s a cliché statement to say Demo-2 will usher in a new era for human…
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From Shuttle Sadness to Dragon Delight – USA prepares to regain domestic crew launch capability
by Chris BerginThe gap in US domestic crew launch capability is coming to an end as soon…
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Following its ride on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Friday, the company’s CRS-20 Dragon…
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SpaceX successfully launched a unique Falcon 9 rocket at LC-39A for the in-flight abort test…
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Following her launch on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, the company’s CRS-19 Dragon spacecraft completed journey…
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The first Starliner crew vehicle from Boeing has arrived at SLC-41 at the Cape Canaveral…
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SpaceX conducted a static fire test of their human-rated Crew Dragon capsule on Wednesday near…
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SpaceX is busy on all fronts, from its bread and butter commercial satellite launches to…
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In preparation for the return of crew launches from the United States, the Department of…
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Five days after docking to the International Space Station, the first crew-capable spacecraft from the…
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Following a successful launch early Saturday morning, SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft has successfully conducted a…
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SpaceX took a major step towards ending the United States’ human spaceflight gap Saturday, with…
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SpaceX conducts static fire test on Falcon 9 ahead of Crew Dragon debut
by Ian AtkinsonSpaceX has conducted the milestone of a static fire test in preparation of the historic…
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The SpaceX Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon capsule which will execute the Demonstration Mission-1 (DM-1)…
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Soyuz FG fails during ascent – Soyuz MS-10 crew safe after ballistic entry abort
The Russian federal space agency, Roscosmos, launched their Soyuz MS-10 crew vehicle with two new…