Launch is scheduled for 3:22 ... exclusion zone" between North America and Europe. SpaceX successfully tested the Crew Dragon's abort system during a dramatic unpiloted test flight in January.

That anomaly, which destroyed that particular capsule, led SpaceX to tweak the design of Crew Dragon's abort propulsion system. Related: The Emergency Launch Abort Systems of SpaceX and Boeing ...

The launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on a ... when the Falcon 9 and its unpiloted Crew Dragon blast off. The importance of a reliable abort system was dramatically demonstrated last October ...

Credit: NASA WASHINGTON — A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft roared off its Florida launch pad May 6 in an abort system test the company deemed successful despite a minor problem with one of the ...

SpaceX’s launch abort system, however, is integrated directly into the spacecraft. This means Crew Dragon will have launch escape capability from the launch pad all the way to orbit. There will ...

WASHINGTON — NASA and SpaceX are ready to perform a test of the launch abort system of the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft Jan. 19 that will also serve as a dress rehearsal of sorts for ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. SpaceX launched a major test today of the innovative rocket escape system for its manned ...

SpaceX has carried outa successful test of its Launch Abort System (LAS ... for the first few minutesfollowing a launch, the Crew Dragon system can be used at any timebefore the spacecraft ...

SpaceX performed a static fire test on the SuperDraco engines that form its Crew Dragon spacecraft's emergency abort system last week ... goes wrong during launch, the SuperDraco engines will ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX postponed Saturday's Crew Dragon abort test because of sustained winds and rough seas, but it appeared to go off without a hitch Sunday morning. The nearly 12 ...

NASA has approved the preliminary design review of SpaceX's launch abort system, which will help crews aboard the Dragon capsule get out of harm's way should any problems crop up during liftoff ...

SpaceX hasn't had a great run with its ... as the capsule does some pretty extreme maneuvers. What makes Dragon's launch abort system different from existing such technologies is that it relies ...