Falcon 9 Readies For Wednesday Launch

By Irene Klotz iklotz@rocketmail.com
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.

Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has quickly rebounded from the discovery of cracks in a nozzle on the upper-stage engine of its Falcon 9 booster and is moving ahead with plans to fire off the rocket on Dec. 8 to put the company’s Dragon capsule into orbit on a demonstration run for NASA.

The company had planned to launch its second Falcon 9 ...

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