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SpaceX Plans Downrange Abort Test From Kennedy Space Center

Relocated From Vandenberg AFB In California

A planned in-flight abort test for the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft has been moved from Vandenberg AFB in California to Pad 39A at Cape Canaveral in Florida ... and has been delayed until further notice.

The test is designed to show how a capsule can be safely carried away from a failing rocket while in flight. It is of particular interest following the failure of the Falcon 9 booster carrying a Dragon cargo ship last Sunday.

USA Today reports that part of the delay is so that SpaceX can use an updated version of the Crew Dragon prototype spacecraft, which will be unmanned during the test. No firm date for the test has been announced.

For the test, the prototype capsule will separate from the Falcon 9 booster as it travels through peak aerodynamic stress. It will parachute to a splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean.

Before last Sunday's catastrophic failure of the booster, SpaceX had successfully launched 18 Falcon 9 rockets.

(Image for Crew Dragon Pad Abort Test provided by SpaceX)

FMI: www.spacex.com

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