32+ Space X Dragon Launch Pics. Four astronauts take off aboard crew dragon bound for iss. Spacex's crew dragon is scheduled to take its first test flight to the international space station with nasa astronauts doug hurley and bob behnken on board.

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The flight was the the fulfillment of a risky bet by nasa under the obama administration to entrust the private sector to fly astronauts. A spacex falcon 9 rocket thundered into space and delivered a dragon cargo capsule into orbit on may 22, 2012. The launch abort system is a crew safety system built into the dragon spacecraft, used to quickly separate dragon from falcon 9 in the unlikely event of an emergency.

The launch abort system is a crew safety system built into the dragon spacecraft, used to quickly separate dragon from falcon 9 in the unlikely event of an emergency.

Nasa and its international partners have officially. The spacex dragon, also known as dragon 1 or cargo dragon, was a class of reusable cargo spacecraft developed by spacex. If this launch succeeds, it will ferry four. Four astronauts take off aboard crew dragon bound for iss.