Accident Claims SpaceX Dragon Abort Test Capsule

Credit: EMRE KELLY FLORIDA TODAY VIA TWITTER
Accident Claims SpaceX Dragon Abort Test Capsule A test of the abort thrusters on a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule ended in a fireball at Cape Canaveral AFS on April 20, sidetracking the company’s plans to use the capsule for an in-flight abort test this summer. The capsule involved in the accident had...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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