A wide-angle view of the Space X Falcon 9 rocket test firing at Kennedy Space Center’s launch pad 39A on March 9, 2017 during final preparations for it scheduled blastoff with the EchoStar 23 communications satellite. Watch in up to to 4k resolution.
Falcon 9
Fire returns to flame trench at Apollo-era launch pad in Florida
Nine Merlin engines ignited and throttled up to nearly 2 million pounds of thrust Sunday during a brief hold-down firing of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, sending a plume of smoke out of the flame trench at Kennedy Space Center’s historic launch pad 39A as the company preps for a space station cargo mission next weekend.
Antares Launcher