Dragon abort test with SuperDraco engines. (Credit: SpaceX)

The FAA has published its draft environmental assessment for issuing a launch license for SpaceX’s upcoming in-flight abort test for the Crew Dragon spacecraft.

The following excerpts describe how Elon Musk’s space company will conduct the test next spring from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A). Some  long paragraphs have been divided into multiple ones to make the material easier to read.
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