SpaceX was test-firing the escape-system engines on its Crew Dragon capsule when this weekend’s accident occurred, a NASA safety advisory board said Thursday.
Smoke rises over Cape Canaveral Air Force Station as seen from Cocoa Beach, Fla., on Saturday.
It’s not clear what happened Saturday to cause a plume of orange smoke to billow above the test site at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The smoke could be seen for miles. SpaceX and NASA have described the problem as an “anomaly.”NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel — which provides safety recommendations to the agency’s administrator — said Thursday that an investigation into the root cause would take time.
SpaceX is leading the investigation with active participation from NASA, said Patricia Sanders, the panel’s chair. The Hawthorne company conducted a series of engine tests on a Crew Dragon test capsule Saturday. It said initial tests were successfully completed, but the final test — which involved firing the capsule’s eight SuperDraco escape system engines —
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