SpaceX Accident Probe May Exonerate Thruster
Credit: NASA
CAPE CANAVERAL—A SpaceX Crew Dragon demonstration capsule was about 0.5 sec. away from igniting its eight SuperDraco thrusters for a static test fire at Cape Canaveral AFS when something went awry, resulting in the complete destruction of the vehicle, the company said May 2. The capsule, which...
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