View Space X Crew Dragon Capsule Background. Spacex allowed us a rare opportunity to actually go inside their headquarters to check out their new crew dragon capsule that will be flying astronauts next. Following a one day delay because of high wind and weather conditions, spacex will attempt to launch the crew aboard the dragon capsule into space on sunday.

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The crew dragon executed the carefully designed choreography — jettisoning the bottom of the spacecraft, firing small thrusters and it is the last major milestone for spacex before nasa permits its astronauts on board. This past weekend, while prepping for launch abort tests to be carried out later this summer. On behalf of the spacex and nasa teams, welcome home and thanks for flying spacex, mission control said.

Spacex needs to nail the debut of its crew dragon capsule before putting people on board later this year.

The crew dragon executed the carefully designed choreography — jettisoning the bottom of the spacecraft, firing small thrusters and it is the last major milestone for spacex before nasa permits its astronauts on board. New york (cnn business) astronauts robert behnken and douglas hurley have successfully disembarked the spacex crew dragon capsule and entered the international space station. A spacex falcon 9 rocket carrying the crew dragon spacecraft launches from nasa's kennedy space center in cape canaveral, fla the three space station residents kept cameras trained on the incoming capsule for the benefit of flight controllers at spacex. The crew dragon spacecraft will use its superdraco engines during a launch abort scenario to propel both the capsule and its trunk in 2020, spacex returned america's ability to fly nasa astronauts to space on american vehicles for the first time since 2011.