SpaceX Has Successfully Done Tests Of Crew Dragon's Engines

SpaceX has already achieved a new success when completing a round of tests for its Crew Dragon project. To remind, the company once failed with the same experiment at the previous time, which led to an unexpected explosion on April 20th. The attempt to test its static fire engine resulted in a failure after the Crew Capsule was destroyed afterward. According to the company, the explosion was due to a leak of liquid oxidizer from a component into high-pressure helium tubes. The recent attempt finally went smoothly without a similar issue.

As usual, the test took place in a military station that belongs to the US Air Force in Florida. There's a total of 16 Draco thrusters, and SpaceX used two one-second burns to trigger two of them for the initial stage. The spacecraft will get maneuvered through those thrusters, for instance, when it needs to change attitude or orientation. After that, eight SuperDraco engines were fired up to accelerate the spacecraft when leaving its launch vehicle within nine seconds.

According to a tweet written by SpaceX yesterday, the company will team up with NASA to review the test data and prepare for more experiments, improving more capabilities of the Crew Dragon. From that, the spacecraft will be slated to escape the launch securely, close the flaps before the atmosphere reentries as well as deploy its parachute if needed.