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Buster the Dummy Strapped in for Mile High SpaceX Dragon Flight Test

Saturday, May 2, 2015 11:35
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Hans Koenigsmann, vice president of Mission Assurance at SpaceX with Jon Cowart, NASA’s CCP partner manager address the press during May 1, 2015  briefing on the Pad Abort Test of SpaceX's Dragon V2 crewed spacecraft.  Credit: Julian Leek

Hans Koenigsmann, vice president of Mission Assurance at SpaceX with Jon Cowart, NASA’s CCP partner manager during May 1, 2015 press briefing on the Pad Abort Test of SpaceX’s Dragon V2 crewed spacecraft. Credit: Julian Leek

SpaceX and NASA are just days away from a crucial test of a crew capsule escape system that will save astronauts lives in the unlikely event of a launch failure with the Falcon 9 rocket.

Buster the Dummy is already strapped into his seat aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon test vehicle for what is called the Pad Abort Test, that is currently slated for Wednesday, May 6.(…)
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