January 21, 2020 12:32 am
SpaceX founder and chief engineer Elon Musk attends a post-launch news conference to discuss the SpaceX Crew Dragon astronaut capsule in-flight abort test at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. January 19, 2020. (Photo : REUTERS/Steve Nesius)
NASA Commercial Crew Manager Kathy Lueders, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, SPaceX founder Elon Musk and NASA Commercial Crew astronauts Mike Hopkins and Victor Glover attend a post-launch news conference to discuss the SpaceX Crew Dragon astronaut capsule in-flight abort test at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. January 19, 2020. (Photo : REUTERS/Joe Skipper)
NASA Commercial Crew Manager Kathy Lueders attends a pre-launch news conference at the Kennedy Space Center to discuss the SpaceX Crew Dragon in-flight abort test at Cape Canaveral, Florida January 17, 2020. (Photo : REUTERS/Steve Nesius)
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine speaks at a post-launch news conference to discuss the SpaceX Crew Dragon astronaut capsule in-flight abort test at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. January 19, 2020. (Photo : REUTERS/Steve Nesius)
The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule sits atop a Falcon 9 booster rocket on Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center after a scheduled in-flight abort test was postponed due to poor weather offshore at Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. January 18, 2020. (Photo : REUTERS/Steve Nesius)
The SpaceX Crew Dragon sits atop a Falcon 9 booster rocket on Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center before a scheduled in-flight abort test at Cape Canaveral, Florida January 17, 2020. (Photo : REUTERS/Joe Rimkus Jr.)
Remote cameras line a field near Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center where the SpaceX Crew Dragon sits atop a Falcon 9 booster rocket the evening before a scheduled in-flight abort test at Cape Canaveral, Florida January 17, 2020. (Photo : REUTERS/Steve Nesius)
Fuel storage tanks sit near the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule atop a Falcon 9 booster rocket on historic Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. January 18, 2020. (Photo : REUTERS/Steve Nesius)
The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule sits atop a Falcon 9 booster rocket on Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center after a scheduled in-flight abort test was postponed due to poor weather offshore at Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. January 18, 2020. (Photo : REUTERS/Steve Nesius)
A new construction stands near the SpaceX hangar near the historic Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. January 18, 2020. (Photo : REUTERS/Steve Nesius)
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying the Crew Dragon astronaut capsule, lifts off on an in-flight abort test , a key milestone before flying humans in 2020 under NASA's commercial crew program, from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. January 19, 2020. (Photo : REUTERS/Thom Baur)
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket engine self-destructs after jettisoning the Crew Dragon astronaut capsule during an in-flight abort test, a key milestone before flying humans in 2020 under NASA's commercial crew program, after lift off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. January 19, 2020. (Photo : REUTERS/Joe Rimkus Jr)
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying the Crew Dragon astronaut capsule, lifts off on an in-flight abort test , a key milestone before flying humans in 2020 under NASA's commercial crew program, from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. January 19, 2020. (Photo : REUTERS/Joe Skipper)
SpaceX founder and chief engineer Elon Musk speaks at a post-launch news conference to discuss the SpaceX Crew Dragon astronaut capsule in-flight abort test at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. January 19, 2020. (Photo : REUTERS/Joe Skipper)
SpaceX founder and chief engineer Elon Musk listens to NASA Commercial Crew astronauts Victor Glover and Mike Hopkins at a post-launch news conference to discuss the SpaceX Crew Dragon astronaut capsule in-flight abort test at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. January 19, 2020. (Photo : REUTERS/Joe Skipper)
NASA Commercial Crew astronaut Mike Hopkins speaks at a post-launch news conference to discuss the SpaceX Crew Dragon astronaut capsule in-flight abort test at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. January 19, 2020. (Photo : REUTERS/Steve Nesius)
SpaceX founder and chief engineer Elon Musk speaks next to NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine at a post-launch news conference to discuss the SpaceX Crew Dragon astronaut capsule in-flight abort test at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. January 19, 2020. (Photo : REUTERS/Steve Nesius)
NASA astronaut Bob Behnken speaks at a news conference after SpaceX completed an in-flight abort test at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., January 19, 2020. The astronauts are expected to be the first crew on a SpaceX test launch to the International Space Station. (Photo : REUTERS/Joe Skipper)
NASA astronaut Doug Hurley speaks at a news conference after SpaceX completed an in-flight abort test at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., January 19, 2020. The astronauts are expected to be the first crew on a SpaceX test launch to the International Space Station. (Photo : REUTERS/Joe Skipper)
NASA astronauts Doug Hurley (R) and Bob Behnken speak at a news conference after SpaceX completed an in-flight abort test at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., January 19, 2020. The astronauts are expected to be the first crew on a SpaceX test launch to the International Space Station. (Photo : REUTERS/Joe Skipper)
SpaceX Director of Crew Mission Management Benji Reed attends a pre-launch news conference at the Kennedy Space Center to discuss the SpaceX Crew Dragon in-flight abort test at Cape Canaveral, Florida January 17, 2020. (Photo : REUTERS/Steve Nesius)
SpaceX just took a giant leap forward in its quest to launch astronauts. The private spaceflight company intentionally destroyed one of its rockets on Sunday (Jan. 19) as part of a crucial test of its new Crew Dragon capsule's launch escape system.
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