SpaceX Footage of Crew Dragon In-Flight Abort

On January 19th at 10:30am Eastern a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a specially configured Crew Dragon in a deliberate attempt to prove that the Dragon Capsule could survive and return astronauts safely to earth in the event of a catastrophic failure of the booster. The test went well with the booster dramatically exploding in mid-air shortly after Crew Dragon initiated its abort, pulling away with its mighty SuperDraco engines and splashed down gently in the Atlantic Ocean.

Credit: SpaceX

[stevetodd]

That was a test of the Dragon Capsule’s escape system. You can see the capsule separating from the second stage before separation. Successfully test, before being certified for carrying astronauts.

[AlexSanchez-oteu]

"nope, fuck that" would be an accurate discription of what just happened

[davidtwining]

I'm no payload specialist, but I think that was a success.

[RyeOnHam]

Somebody already beat me to it, but BEST video I've seen of this. Thanks!

[F-Man]

I hope the show us the explosion next 🤞🏼

[Populationof]

I was expecting more acceleration and distance than that. Not what you want to see with 60, 000+ lbs of fuel behind you. Practically kissing the dragon.