SpaceX rocket rolled out for countdown rehearsal

In a critical prelaunch test before SpaceX's first operational cargo delivery to the International Space Station, engineers transported the Falcon 9 rocket to the Complex 40 launch pad, erected the booster and fill it with propellant on August 31, rehearsing countdown procedures ahead of the mission's scheduled liftoff in October.

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