SpaceX and NASA just blew up a Falcon 9 rocket on purpose, and it has something to do with Apollo 1

SpaceX and NASA on Sunday purposefully blew up a Falcon 9 rocket.

The "in-flight abort" test was meant to assess the Crew Dragon escape system.

The Crew Dragon is the spacecraft designed to take human passengers to space.

The planned explosion can be tied to the Apollo 1 accident in which three astronauts died during a preflight test.

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