SpaceX confirms anomaly during Crew Dragon abort engine test

An accident Saturday during an abort engine test on a Crew Dragon test vehicle at Cape Canaveral sent a reddish-orange plume into the sky visible for miles around, a setback for SpaceX and NASA as teams prepare the capsule for its first mission with astronauts. SpaceX is testing the Crew Dragon ahead of the capsule’s first test flight with astronauts later this year, following a successful Crew Dragon demonstration mission to the International Space Station in early March. SpaceX confirmed the accident, first reported by Florida Today, in a statement Saturday evening. No injuries were reported. More

(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Apr 21)