SpaceX Crew Dragon parachute test documented by NASA. During the test, a capsule (or test article) is dropped from the sky to check how its drogue and main parachutes deploy. These tests are very important. The parachutes must open perfectly to slow the spacecraft safely before it lands in the ocean, protecting astronauts returning from space. NASA and SpaceX ran many tests like this under the Commercial Crew Program to make sure Crew Dragon could safely carry astronauts to and from the Internat

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission, a spaceflight that carried four astronauts to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft Freedom. The mission launched on April 27, 2022 from Kennedy Space Center using a Falcon 9 rocket. Astronauts from NASA and the European Space Agency traveled to low Earth orbit to live and work on the ISS, where they conducted scientific research, maintained station systems, and supported future human spaceflight missions. After spending several mont

funflix on Instagram: "- The video showcases SpaceX's Crew Dragon In-Flight Abort Test, a critical demonstration of the spacecraft's emergency escape system, which was successfully conducted on January 19, 2020, to ensure astronaut safety during potential launch failures, as detailed in the Wikipedia entry on the test. - This test was pivotal following the Soyuz MS-10 launch failure in 2018, where the Russian abort system saved astronauts Nick Hague and Alexey Ovchinin, underscoring the importan