Tag: Dragon In-flight Abort

  • SpaceX ‘on track’ to launch astronauts in late 2017

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    Artist’s concept of the Crew Dragon spacecraft in orbit. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX is on schedule to fly two NASA astronauts on a test flight to the International Space Station by the end of 2017, but there is a lot of work to do to ensure the company’s new Crew Dragon spaceship is up to the…

  • SpaceX delays next Crew Dragon abort test

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    SpaceX’s hangar at Kennedy Space Center’s launch pad 39A. Credit: SpaceX The next test of a critical safety system on SpaceX’s human-rated Dragon spaceship will be delayed, likely until at least late next year, as the company adjusts the development schedule for the new commercial crew capsule designed to take astronauts to the International Space…