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posted by mrpg on Sunday April 21 2019, @10:25AM   Printer-friendly
from the ohoh dept.

SpaceX confirms anomaly during Crew Dragon engine test

An accident Saturday during an engine test on a Crew Dragon test vehicle at Cape Canaveral sent a reddish-orange plume into the sky visible for miles around, a setback for SpaceX and NASA as teams prepare the capsule for its first mission with astronauts.

SpaceX is testing the Crew Dragon ahead of the capsule's first test flight with astronauts later this year, following a successful Crew Dragon demonstration mission to the International Space Station in early March.

SpaceX confirmed the accident, first reported by Florida Today, in a statement Saturday evening.

"Earlier today, SpaceX conducted a series of engine tests on a Crew Dragon test vehicle on our test stand at Landing Zone 1 in Cape Canaveral, Florida," a company spokesperson said. "The initial tests completed successfully but the final test resulted in an anomaly on the test stand."

A photo captured by a Florida Today photographer from a local beach showed an orange plume visible on the horizon in the direction of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Such plumes are usually associated with burning or leaking toxic hypergolic propellants.

Also at NASASpaceFlight and Ars Technica.


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  • (Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 21 2019, @06:24PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 21 2019, @06:24PM (#833065)

    It may not be PC to point it out, but there's a high correlation between Moslems and things like the anomalies at Notre Dame last week or Sri Lanka today.

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  • (Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 21 2019, @09:42PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 21 2019, @09:42PM (#833127)

    Is it a coincidence that Mohamed's uncle was named Elon?