Spacex Plans A Test Flight Of Its Astronaut Capsule Next Week — But Without Astronauts

Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times: Business
Fri, 02/22/2019 - 6:45pm

NASA officials said Friday that they have reviewed test results and analysis of SpaceX’s astronaut transport capsule and will move ahead with the spacecraft’s first crewless test flight, set for launch next week. The flight will be a dry run of sorts for a later mission that will take two NASA...

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Spacex Plans A Test Flight Of Its Astronaut Capsule Next Week — But Without Astronauts

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