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Falcon 9 Dragon IFA abort

Falcon 9 launches Dragon In-Flight Abort test

1/19/20 ~ 10:30 a.m.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket conducts the Crew Dragon In-Flight Abort Test, taking the uncrewed capsule to maximum aerodynamic
pressure before simulating a first-stage booster failure and firing its Draco escape engines to safety. The capsule then
parachuted into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast.


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