Spacex Conducts Static Fire Test At Cape Launch To Iss Now Set 938 Am Est May 7Th
The nine main engines on the Falcon 9 were worked out for 2 second on the launch pad at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Complex 40 in Florida. The rocket will carry the first commercial spacecraft, the Dragon capsule, to dock with the International Space Station.
IF SpaceX and NASA stick to the current timeline following the review of the test firing data, the Falcon 9 rocket will send the robotically controlled Dragon capsule into orbit on May 7. A couple of days later, the spacecraft will catch up with the space station and go through a sequence of rendezvous maneuvers, reports MSNBC. The launch is scheduled for 9:38 am EST, May 7, 2012.
SpaceX aims to be the first private company to send its own spacecraft to the orbiting research lab, a capacity that only Russia, Japan and Europe can currently handle since the US shuttle program ended last year, noted AFP. More from SPACEFLIGHTNOW.
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