Experiment is crucial to qualify capsule to fly humans to the International Space Station. FMTNews SpaceX
High winds and choppy seas delayed the dramatic inflight test of SpaceX’s unmanned astronaut capsule.
High winds and choppy seas in the area where the spacecraft was expected to splashdown on Saturday delayed the dramatic inflight test of the unmanned astronaut capsule to Sunday, with a longer six-hour launch window starting at 8am EST. The test is crucial to qualify the capsule to fly humans to the International Space Station, a feat the National Aeronautics and Space Administration expects to come as soon as mid-2020.
Nasa awarded US$4.2 billion to Boeing and US$2.5 billion to SpaceX in 2014 to develop separate capsule systems capable of ferrying astronauts to the space station from US soil for the first time since Nasa’s space shuttle program ended in 2011.During the test the Falcon 9 rocket’s boosters will shut down roughly 19km above the ocean, a mock failure that will trigger Crew Dragon’s so-called SuperDraco thrusters to jet itself away at supersonic speeds of up to 2,400kph.
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