The Crew Dragon Launch Abort System is designed to propel the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft away from a failing launch vehicle. It is equipped with 8 SuperDraco...

A launch escape system (LES) or launch abort system (LAS) is a crew-safety system connected to a space capsule. It is used in the event of a critical...

Comparison of crewed space vehicles Comparison of space station cargo vehicles List of crewed spacecraft Crew Dragon Launch Abort System Private spaceflight –...

Crew Dragon C204, that spacecraft was originally planned to be used for the Crew Dragon In-Flight Abort Test. However, on 20 April 2019, Crew Dragon C204...

The Crew Dragon In-Flight Abort Test (also known as Crew Dragon Launch Escape Demonstration) was a successful test of the SpaceX Dragon 2 abort system, conducted...

2019. Clark, Stephen. "Live coverage: SpaceX successfully performs Crew Dragon abort test". Spaceflight Now. Archived from the original on 17 January 2020...

The Crew Dragon Pad Abort Test (officially known as the SpaceX Pad Abort Test) was a spacecraft test conducted by SpaceX on 6 May 2015 from the Space Launch...

Crew Dragon Demo-2 (officially Crew Demo-2, SpaceX Demo-2, or Demonstration Mission-2) was the first crewed test flight of the Crew Dragon spacecraft....

and launch rates this year". SpaceNews. Retrieved 21 March 2016. Shotwell said the company is planning an in-flight abort test of the Crew Dragon spacecraft...

demonstrations to achieve human rating for the system: pad abort, uncrewed orbital test, launch abort, and crewed orbital test. Operational missions were initially...

of the abort thrusters in an operational rocket launch. Dragon C205 was originally planned to be used on the Demo-2 mission and the Crew Dragon C204 capsule...

emergency on the pad that does not necessitate using the Crew Dragon's launch abort system". In 2019, SpaceX began substantial modification to LC 39A...

SpaceX Crew-9 was the ninth operational NASA Commercial Crew Program flight and the 15th crewed orbital flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft. Originally...

testing of the Crew Dragon's Draco thrusters was successful, with the accident occurring during the test of the SuperDraco abort system. Telemetry, high-speed...

reusable launch system development program and plan to colonize Mars, and also one of two landing systems selected by NASA for the Artemis program's crewed Lunar...

fire test destroyed capsule C204 intended to be re-flown on the Crew Dragon In-Flight Abort Test. The spacecraft C205 intended to be used on the Demo-2 mission...

spacecraft adapter and an emergency launch abort system. The Orion's crew module is larger than Apollo's and can support more crew members for short or long-duration...

complete and certify Crew Dragon. To receive the full contract amount, each company would need to successfully complete an abort test, an uncrewed orbital...

including launch abort system liquid oxygen/liquid hydrogen engines. Sierra Nevada Corporation: $80 million. Dream Chaser SpaceX: $75 million. Dragon 2 integrated...

Transatlantic Abort Landing sites and the SRB recovery area. The mission crew and the Launch Control Center (LCC) personnel completed systems checks throughout...

missions include launches of SpaceX's Starlink satellites (accounting for a majority of the Falcon manifest since January 2020), Dragon crew and cargo missions...

the middle of the first launch window, at 14:03 UTC, but was moved to the end of the window at 14:06 UTC. This attempt was aborted at T-02:48 on the countdown...

March 2019. "Falcon 9 with crew dragon vertical at launch complex 39A". 5 January 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2019. "Crew Dragon docks with ISS". spacenews...

this error due to a protective covering. Dragon 2 Pad Abort Test Clark, Stephen (3 December 2019). "Launch of first Starliner orbital test flight slips...

The Sea Dragon was a 1962 conceptualized design study for a two-stage sea-launched orbital super heavy-lift launch vehicle. The project was led by Robert...

000 km/h (20,000 mph). The Ascent Abort-2 test on July 2, 2019 tested the final iteration of the launch abort system on a 10,000 kg (22,000 lb) Orion boilerplate...

and Falcon Heavy rockets, and is part of SpaceX's broader reusable launch system development program. If completed as designed, Starship would be the...

hypergolic propellants. Its primary purpose is for SpaceX's LAS (launch abort system) on the Dragon spacecraft. According to the NASA press release, the engine...

well as a part of its launch system. More contemporarily the Falcon 9 launch system has carried reusable vehicles such as the Dragon 2 and X-37. Contemporary...

Commercial Crew Contract (CCDev). As of April 2025, Crew Dragon has made 17 crewed spaceflights. The first crewed flight, Crew Dragon Demo-2, launched on 30...