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SpaceX Testing – Dragon Separation

Full-scale test of the Dragon spacecraft trunk separation system, using a steel structure suspended above simulating the Dragon’s pressurized section. A set of pyrotechnic frangible nuts fire to release the trunk section from the spacecraft prior to start of reentry. High-speed video, no sound.

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Source: SpaceX
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