A SpaceX capsule built to fly humans was 'destroyed' during testing in Florida, company VP says
Source: CNBC
A SpaceX capsule built to fly humans was ‘destroyed’ during testing in Florida, company VP says
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Michael Sheetz
A top SpaceX official on Thursday confirmed reports that one of the company’s Crew Dragon capsules was completely lost during a test failure in Cape Canaveral, Florida, in April.
“Here’s what we can confirm ... just prior to when we wanted to fire the SuperDraco, there was an anomaly, and the vehicle was destroyed,” SpaceX vice president of mission assurance Hans Koenigsmann said in a press briefing.
The capsule that was destroyed had previously been launched to the International Space Station, on SpaceX’s “Demo-1” mission in March. With no astronauts inside during the launch, the capsule spent five days docked with the space station before returning, splashing down in the Atlantic Ocean.
Multiple NASA officials have stated since the test failure on April 20 that the agency is working hand in hand with SpaceX to investigate the incident. Kenny Todd, the leader of space station mission operations, repeated during the briefing that NASA is working “very closely with the SpaceX team.”
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