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The countdown clock at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida shows an elapsed time of 16 seconds as the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 39A on the uncrewed In-Flight Abort Test, Jan. 19, 2020. The rocket carried the company’s Crew Dragon on a flight test that demonstrated the spacecraft’s escape capabilities in preparation for crewed flights to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.

The countdown clock at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida shows an elapsed time of 16 seconds as the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 39A on the uncrewed In-Flight Abort Test, Jan. 19, 2020. The rocket carried the company’s Crew Dragon on a flight test that demonstrated the spacecraft’s escape capabilities in preparation for crewed flights to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.

Photographer NASA/Ben Smegelsky
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