Friday, 22 May 2015

New POV video from SpaceX takes you for a ride on Crew Dragon's first flight

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SpaceX wants to take you for a ride.

Elon Musk's rocket company released new footage on Friday of its Crew Dragon capsule taking flight for the first time during a test earlier in May. The uncrewed test was designed to help engineers gather more information about the effectiveness of the capsule's abort system — a key component used to quickly propel astronauts away from a failing rocket should something bad happen during flight.

The test appears to have gone well

“It was a great, great outcome," Musk said after the test. "Had there been people on board, they would have been in great shape.” Read more...

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