SpaceX tests rocket for critical Crew Dragon in-flight abort launch on Jan. 18

[Admin]

SpaceX has fired up the booster that will fly the company’s upcoming in-flight abort test of its Crew Dragon spacecraft.

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[Jack Hagerty]

Good summary, but the crew of Nick Hague and Alexey Ovchinin was not saved by the LES in the Soyuz launch. That had been jettisoned well before the booster emergency. They used a late-stage abort maneuver that let the capsule reenter ballistic on its own, since it was high enough.