Watch SpaceX blow up a Falcon 9 rocket to test its launch abort system

SpaceX sacrificed one of its Falcon 9 rockets on Sunday to test the safety of its in-flight launch abort system, a critical step toward the company's eventual goal of carrying astronauts to the International Space Station.

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[JesseOrrall]

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[pimisi]

With less funding than Boeing for the same purpose, they’ve done so well and so much more than Boeing so far. Great job SpaceX.

[itscrashyy]

SpaceX is truly the future. Less funding and what theyve accomplished over recent years is just insane!!!!

[ajsaldana]

Sweet content loved this and cool information to know!

[muizaddeen]

Thanks for the coverage guys. Have some rest too! 👍

[MrMarco]

I couldn't get a good view from my house do to clouds, but I heard the explosion here in Merritt Island!

[sunitasrivastava]

Elon musk, The only hope for our planet.

[Yngvarfo]

The Soyuz launch abort system "detected an issue"? I'll say. One of the booster rockets failed to detach, which led to the rocket spiralling out of control. I'll say that "issue" is severely downplaying it. But the fact that the abort system worked flawlessly the first time it was needed in 50 years was amazing. SpaceX has some big shoes to fill.

[RobertMcCalle]

Space x team had been working on really smart and effective. Congrats to team space x.

[JavierFernandez]

Sweet sweet engagement. :)
Hey. You got it.

[williamgoode]

Phew reassuring, roll on March for launch and also start of Giga4

[DerekSilva]

I just need to point out that NASA staff and Elon all said during the press conference that Crew Dragon landed within the expected envelope and denied the opportunity to label it as “early.”

[georgezolla]

Great review of all the facts! Appreciate you getting up early!

[MarsorryIckuatuna]

Great stuff! Thought it blew up by accident...

[slickrick]

Great job putting this together in a few hours.

[munmun]

I'm waiting for a cheap ticket to MARs ^^ ( i believe in science, and i believe in musk)

[johnenrietto]

Excellent job ladies and gentlemen of SpaceX.
just curious, anyone know when NASA proposes a test of their launch abort system?.

[shalomccs]

Why never thought to detach the challenger from the rocket after the launch and ignite the challenger rockets they have plenty of time before the explosion, but it seems nobody noticed the fuel leak.

[TreesPlease]

nice informative coverage, and not as "hype" as a lot of the channels trying to ride Elon's SEO bump

[NSRS]

What about the debris? Did they clean it up just curious