Wake-up early on Saturday to see SpaceX test its Crew Dragon’s abort system designed to protect astronauts should something go wrong when it launches humans later this year.
NASA and SpaceX are targeting 8 a.m. Saturday to test the Crew Dragon’s ability to keep astronauts safe in the event of a Falcon 9 rocket launch failure. For this event, SpaceX will intentionally cause a problem with the rocket to test the system.
SpaceX has until noon Saturday for the launch window. The rocket will likely be destroyed during the test.