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SpaceX: a Crew Dragon spaceship explodes in a test

Joint investigation opened with NASA -VIDEO

NASA's times are getting longer to bring its own astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS), because last Saturday a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft exploded during a test in the "John F. Kennedy" Space Center, in Cape Canaveral. To "jump" was the Crew Dragon capsule used in the humanless mission on board last March 2 (see AVIONEWS) which saw its dock at the ISS and return to Earth after being...

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Cape Canaveral, USA, 04/23/2019 12:33
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

AerospaceSpaceX: Crew Dragon docks to the ISS

First US spaceship to return in orbit -VIDEO

After the launch on Saturday from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral from the same launching pad from where the Saturn V of the Apollo Mission took off, the SpaceX Falcon 9 carrier rocket brought... more

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