SpaceX intentionally destroys rocket shortly after its launch as part of key safety test for its next-generation spacecraft.
A little over one minute into the flight, the Crew Dragon capsule’s “launch escape” sequence was triggered. As part of this emergency protocol, the first-stage engines on the Falcon 9 rocket were shut down and a series of eight thrusters on the Crew Dragon capsule fired to propel the spacecraft away from the malfunctioning rocket.
As part of Sunday’s test, U.S. Air Force and SpaceX personnel were on hand in the open ocean to practice what would happen during a real rescue operation to retrieve the capsule and its passengers. The in-flight abort demonstration is SpaceX’s last major test as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, a partnership between the space agency and private aerospace companies to develop new American-made spacecraft to carry astronauts to the space station. SpaceX and Boeing both won contracts under this program, and their spacecraft could ease NASA’s reliance on Russian Soyuz rockets and capsules for space station flights.
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