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| SpaceX conducts static test firing of Crew Dragon SuperDraco emergency abort thrusters on Nov.13, 2019 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com |
Ken Kremer - - For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM
CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – SpaceX completed a critical static test firing of the Crew Dragon emergency SuperDraco abort thrusters on a ground stand at Cape Canaveral this afternoon, Nov. 13 under dreary weather conditions of the same system that triggered the explosive destruction of a similar spacecraft seven months ago in April – thereby hopefully achieving a major milestone towards accomplishing a human spaceflight launch of NASA astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) sometime by mid-2020
The apparently successful ground test firing carried out at approximately 3:08 p.m. EST (2008 GMT) today by SpaceX Landing Zone-1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida seems to indicate an apparently successful resolution to the unexpected issue with a high-flow helium pressurization system valve that caused a catastrophic failure during the previous test firing on April 20.
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