^Foust, Jeff. SpaceX seeks to accelerate Falcon 9 production and launch rates this year. SpaceNews. February 4, 2016 [March 21, 2016]. （原始內容存檔於2020-07-03）. Shotwell said the company is planning an in-flight abort test of the Crew Dragon spacecraft before the end of this year, where the vehicle uses its thrusters to separate from a Falcon 9 rocket during ascent. That will be followed in 2017 by two demonstration flights to the International Space Station, the first without a crew and the second with astronauts on board, and then the first operational mission.
^Siceloff, Steven. More Fidelity for SpaceX In-Flight Abort Reduces Risk. NASA. July 1, 2015 [June 19, 2016]. （原始內容存檔於2016-06-16）. In the updated plan, SpaceX would launch its uncrewed flight test (DM-1), refurbish the flight test vehicle, then conduct the in-flight abort test prior to the crew flight test. Using the same vehicle for the in-flight abort test will improve the realism of the ascent abort test and reduce risk.
