Descripción : SpaceX has launched an investigation into what caused the company`s new passenger vehicle, the Crew Dragon, to explode during a test over the weekend, but it`s too early to know how the accident will affect schedules moving forward. Even before the accident occurred, SpaceX had a “large body of work” to complete before it could fly people on the capsule for the first time, according to a NASA advisory panel on safety that met today.
Five days after the accident, details of what happened are still scarce. But it`s been confirmed that the explosion occurred while SpaceX was firing up some of the engines embedded within its Crew Dragon. The capsule is equipped with eight small thrusters known as SuperDraco engines, which will be crucial in case of an emergency during future flights. If something goes wrong in the middle of a launch, these engines can ignite and carry the Crew Dragon away from a malfunctioning rocket.

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