During the Apollo era, NASA astronauts relied on a rocket tower at the top of the capsule to pull them safely away in case of an emergency. If it wasn’t used, the tower was jettisoned after the Saturn ...

In Netflix's dark fantasy "Damsel," Millie Bobby Brown stars as Elodie, a young woman, who marries a handsome and wealthy prince, played by Nick Robinson, to save her family from financial ruin. After ...

SpaceX just posted dramatic footage of its commercial space taxi Crew Dragon undergoing rigorous tests of its emergency abort system. The idea is that if something goes wrong with the rocket carrying ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. SpaceX's ...

Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) said Feb. 1 that it has successfully test fired a launch escape system engine that it is developing with NASA’s financial assistance. NASA’s Commercial Crew ...

The emergency escape system of Crew Dragon is to cut off the crew-loaded Crew Dragon in the event of an emergency on the rocket and descend by parachute to a safe place. In the event of a serious ...

SpaceX's Dragon crew capsule on Cape Canaveral's Launch Complex 40, just before a successful test of the launch escape system on May 6, 2015. SpaceX's Dragon crew capsule awaits a test of the launch ...

After months of anticipation, SpaceX’s new crew-worthy spacecraft, Crew Dragon, reached its last major milestone in a years-long testing program. The success paves the way for astronauts to begin ...