NASA has approved the design of the crew escape system of SpaceX's Dragon capsule, bringing it a step closer to carrying humans into space.
The company claims its escape system makes Dragon the safest human spacecraft ever designed because the system is integrated into the overall design of the capsule. The rockets used to propel Dragon away from the Falcon 9 in case of an impending launch disaster will also be used eventually to bring Dragon down on land rather than in water, and could even land Dragon on another world.
Both NASA and SpaceX hope to have Dragon carrying crews to and from ISS by mid-decade.
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