NASA/Joel KowskySpaceX is set to perform an important test of its Crew Dragon spacecraft, as it seeks to begin launching humans to space for the first time in 2020. Tomorrow, Sunday, January 19, the California-based company’s Crew Dragon vehicle will launch atop a previously used Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida. Following the break-up, SpaceX crews will recover the rocket's debris from the ocean, as well as the Crew Dragon spacecraft itself. The test is seen as being a key milestone in demonstrating Crew Dragon is safe for humans. In March 2019, the Crew Dragon spacecraft was sent on an uncrewed flight to the International Space Station (ISS) in a historic mission.

Source: Forbes January 18, 2020 23:37 UTC