SpaceX tests Falcon 9 engines in prep for Crew-12 ISS mission
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SpaceX fired the Falcon 9's nine Merlin 1D engines for about 10 seconds in a static-fire test at Cape Canaveral's SLC-40 as NASA's Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA's Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos' Andrey Fedyaev prepare for the Crew-12 mission to the ISS aboard Crew Dragon Freedom, with launch-day rehearsals and a booster landing planned at Landing Zone 40 (booster tail number 1101).
- SpaceX test fires its Falcon 9 rocket ahead of midweek launch of Crew-12 to the space station Spaceflight Now
- NASA Sets Coverage for Agency’s SpaceX Crew-12 Launch, Docking NASA (.gov)
- Replacement space station crew, launching ahead of schedule, eager to go cbsnews.com
- NASA confirms first flight to ISS since medical evacuation Phys.org
- SpaceX Crew-12 will Study How Microgravity Affects the Human Body Universe Today
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