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    Before SpaceX can launch astronauts, it has to ace this last big test

    by Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times Jan 17, 2020 3 minutes

    Elon Musk founded SpaceX with the intention of one day sending humans to space.

    Eighteen years later, the Hawthorne, Calif., company has launched commercial satellites, astronaut supplies, sensitive government payloads and even a Tesla Roadster. But not humans. Yet.

    Only one major test now stands between SpaceX and its long-awaited plan to ferry NASA astronauts to and from the International Space Station. On Saturday morning, the company is scheduled to test the in-flight abort capabilities of its Crew Dragon spacecraft. Shortly after launch, the capsule's escape system should activate, blasting the spacecraft

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