SpaceX tests astronaut eject button on Dragon spacecraft
Miami (AFP) May 06, 2015 - SpaceX on Wednesday launched the first flight test of the emergency astronaut escape feature on its Dragon spaceship, which aims to carry astronauts to low-Earth orbit as early as 2017. No astronauts were on board for the brief launch pad abort test, which blasted off at 9 am (1300 GMT) from Cape Canaveral, Florida. On a cloudy morning, the gum-drop shaped Dragon launched with the he ... more
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