Spacewatch: successful SpaceX test a key milestone for Nasa
by Stuart Clark from Science | The Guardian on (#4YBEF)
Crew Dragon capsule's abort test means Nasa may return to launching astronauts from US soil as early as spring
Nasa could return to launching American astronauts from US soil as early as the spring now that the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule has completed a high-altitude abort test.
The successful test took place on 19 January, when a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from the Kennedy Space Center at 1030 EST (1530 GMT).
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