SpaceX Falcon 9 with Dragon COTS Demo 1 before static fire test

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NASA/Tony Gray and Kevin O'Connell

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http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=49714 (direct link)

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https://plwiki.pl/b/de2aa

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The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket awaits a static fire test on Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, in which all nine Merlin engines will fire at once. The engines use rocket-grade kerosene and liquid oxygen to produce 1 million pounds of thrust. After the test, SpaceX will conduct a thorough review of all data as engineers make final preparations for the first launch of the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) Dragon Demo Flight 1 to low Earth orbit atop the Falcon 9. This first stage firing is part of a full launch dress rehearsal, which will end after the engines fire at full power for two seconds, with only the hold-down system restraining the rocket from flight.

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