SpaceX splashed its Crew Dragon capsule into the Atlantic Ocean safely on Friday morning, completing the company's test flight to the International Space Station.
SpaceX splashed its Crew Dragon capsule into the Atlantic Ocean safely on Friday morning, completing the company's test flight to the International Space Station and moving the U.S. one step closer to being able to launch astronauts again.
Known as Demo-1, the mission is one of the final steps for Elon Musk's space company to receive NASA approval to fly astronauts on board the SpaceX Crew Dragon. While Demo-1 did not have any crew, in one of the seat's was a"lifelike" test device called Ripley in a SpaceX flight suit. Ripley, named after the main character of the 1979 movie"Alien," was equipped with sensors to provide SpaceX and NASA data about the spaceflight experience.
Under NASA parameters, SpaceX has one hour to recover Crew Dragon from the ocean. The capsule will then be returned to Port Canaveral, Florida, where inspections will begin ahead of SpaceX's next key test: an"in-flight abort," which will happen before the Demo-2 mission.
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