A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft on board rolls out at Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, February 28 2019. Picture: NASA VIA REUTERS/JOEL KOWSKY
A Falcon 9 rocket with Crew Dragon spacecraft is slated to launch from Kennedy Space Centre in Florida at 8am local time on Saturday. Shortly after lift-off, SpaceX will demonstrate Dragon’s ability to eject from the rocket during an emergency. The inflight abort test will include a series of complex manoeuvres before Dragon’s parachutes should deploy and the craft splashes down in the Atlantic Ocean.
The procedure is the final big test before Nasa can certify that SpaceX is ready to ferry astronauts to and from the International Space Station . US Air Force colonel Bob Behnken and former Marine Corps test pilot Doug Hurley will be Dragon’s first passengers.Americans have not flown into space aboard a US craft since the shuttle programme ended in 2011. Sending astronauts to the ISS is also an important step for Musk’s California-based company.
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