Friday, February 24, 2023

Falcon 9 Is Ready for Next Monday's Launch to the ISS...

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket briefly ignites all nine of its Merlin 1D engines during a static fire at Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A in Florida...on February 24, 2023.
NASA / Joel Kowsky

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 Final Prelaunch Engine Firing Test (Photo Release)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Dragon spacecraft onboard is seen on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A during a brief static fire test ahead of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission on Friday, February 24, 2023, at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission is the sixth crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.

NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren "Woody" Hoburg, UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev are scheduled to launch at 1:45 a.m. EST on February 27, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center.

Source: NASA.Gov

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