Florida, Jan. 19 -- : SpaceX is set to test the emergency escape system of its Crew Dragon passenger spacecraft.
Sitting atop a used Falcon 9 launch vehicle, the capsule would be launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, reported The Verge.
Precisely 84 seconds after the lift-off, Falcon 9 would turn off its main engines to simulate an emergency scenario, after which the Crew Dragon is expected to fire up its SuperDraco escape thrusters.
According to The Verge, once the capsule dethatches itself and is at a safe distance from the rocket, it'll deploy its parachutes and make a landing in the Atlantic Ocean.
The Falcon 9 launch vehicle would most likely be destroyed during the test and won't be able to make its trademark vertical landing.
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