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Space

SpaceX Reaches Top Speed Of 345 mph In Dragon Pad Abort Test

Pat Host

Wednesday, May 6th, 2015

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SpaceX Reaches Top Speed Of 345 mph In Dragon Pad Abort Test

SpaceX's Dragon space capsule awaits its launch as part of an uncrewed pad abort test on May 6. Photo: SpaceX.

Space Exploration Technologies Corp.’s (SpaceX) Dragon space capsule reached a top speed of 345 mph Wednesday during its uncrewed pad abort test at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., company founder and CEO Elon Musk said on Twitter.SpaceX said in a Monday press release it expected Dragon to accelerate from 0 to nearly 100 mph in one second. Musk said on Twitter Dragon went from zero to 100 mph in 1.2 seconds. He later said Dragon reached an apogee of…

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