Wild Ride To Safety - SpaceX Dragon Pad Abort Test | On-Board Video

Wednesday, May 27, 2015 - 18:30 in Astronomy & Space

If the private space company’s Falcon booster were to fail, Dragon showed it can blast astronauts to safety during this test of May 8th, 2015. The capsule kicks from 0-100 MPH in 1.2 seconds – about 4G of acceleration.

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