SpaceX readies Falcon 9 rocket for test-firing ahead of NASA science probe launch

December 4, 2021

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SpaceX is preparing for a static fire test this weekend at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in preparation for a launch Dec. 9 with the space agency’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer science mission. The test-firing of the Falcon 9 rocket is expected Saturday afternoon.

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