SpaceX suffers accident during ground test of Crew Dragon astronaut capsule
A cloud of orange smoke rises over nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station as seen from Cocoa Beach, Fla., Saturday. SpaceX reported an anomaly during test firing of its Dragon 2 capsule at the LZ-1 landing site at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
SpaceX suffered a setback Saturday when an accident of some kind sent a plume of orange smoke rising from the pad where its Crew Dragon astronaut capsule’s escape system engines were being tested., NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said the anomaly happened during part of a static fire test of the Crew Dragon’s SuperDraco engines at Florida’s Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
SpaceX had been set to fly the capsule with a crew aboard on another test flight this year. It is unclear how Saturday’s accident could affect that launch schedule. “This is why we test,” Bridenstine said in the Twitter statement. “We will learn, make the necessary adjustments and safely move forward with our Commercial Crew program.”in a statement to trade publication SpaceNews
, the Hawthorne space company said it had been conducting a series of engine tests on a Crew Dragon test capsule. While the initial tests were completed successfully, “the final test resulted in an anomaly on the test stand,” the statement said.rising above nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.for the first time in March on an uncrewed flight to the International Space Station.
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