SpaceX In-Flight Abort Test Prelaunch News Conference

Officials from NASA, SpaceX and the U.S. Air Force participate in a briefing at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Jan. 17, 2020, prior to launch of SpaceX’s uncrewed In-Flight Abort Test. From left to right are Josh Finch, NASA Communications; Kathy Lueders, program manager, NASA’s Commercial Crew Program; Benji Reed, director of Crew Mission Management, SpaceX; and Mike McAleenan, launch weather officer with the Air Force’s 45th Weather Squadron. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket topped by the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft will lift off from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A, then begin the launch-abort sequence. The spacecraft will demonstrate its escape capabilities in preparation for crewed flights to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.

Officials from NASA, SpaceX and the U.S. Air Force participate in a briefing at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Jan. 17, 2020, prior to launch of SpaceX’s uncrewed In-Flight Abort Test. From left to right are Josh Finch, NASA Communications; Kathy Lueders, program manager, NASA’s Commercial Crew Program; Benji Reed, director of Crew Mission Management, SpaceX; and Mike McAleenan, launch weather officer with the Air Force’s 45th Weather Squadron. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket topped by the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft will lift off from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A, then begin the launch-abort sequence. The spacecraft will demonstrate its escape capabilities in preparation for crewed flights to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.