SuperDraco test
A SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft fires its SuperDraco launch abort thrusters during a static-fire test at Cape Canaveral, Fla., Nov. 13.

SpaceX successfully tested Nov. 13 the thrusters used as part of the abort system for its Crew Dragon spacecraft, nearly seven months after a similar test resulted in the loss of another spacecraft.

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