Incredible Moment SpaceX Destroys Rocket Shortly After Lift-Off

Elon Musk’s SpaceX completed the last test of its crew capsule before sending astronauts into space in a couple of months.

Mimicking an emergency escape shortly after lift-off, the engines of a Falcon 9 rocket were deliberately shut down, causing it to tumble out of control in a giant fireball.

Powerful thrusters on the crew capsule pushed it away to safety before the explosion.

No one was aboard apart from two mannequins.

#SpaceX #InFlightAbort #Falcon9

Report by Gianluca Avagnina.

[teenanguyen]

Technology has always been the catalyst for extraordinary change for our species. This is a beautiful moment to behold.

[scottlee]

He's done this to show safety and nothing else... I thought it looked unreal.... Absolutely perfect disaster.. Can't say that often... Kudos Elon, you're definitely an advocate for space travel 👌👌

[Jagdtoq]

That's great if you know when the rocket is going to explode, but they have a bad habit of not telling the astronauts beforehand.

[whaleoilbeefhookedmain]

Woah that was one big firework.
Pity the people & fishies below

[mtdewyx]

ain't it grand billionaires and their toys destroyed in a blink of an eye polluting hundreds of miles of ocean and peoples for a lifetime cause their so special