SpaceX's New Rocket at Launch Pad for Final Tests

摘要

Space Exploration Technologies' (SpaceX) Falcon 9 rocket was hoisted into vertical launch position Feb. 20 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida Feb. 19 in preparation for its maiden test flight later this year. The company is one of two firms contracted by NASA to provide unmanned cargo shipments to the international space station on commercially built, spaceships.