SpaceX completes Falcon 9 static fire test for Crew Dragon launch

Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Nov 13, 2020

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft that will launch the Crew-1 mission to the International Space Station has completed a key prelaunch milestone: the integrated static fire. Standing on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the rocket's nine Merlin first-stage engines were fired for 7 seconds for this critical but routine