Shuttle Atlantis unwrapped ahead of public debut

The reevaluation work is designed to enable NASA and the U.S. Space Force to meet their mission requirements while helping to foster commercial and government tenant growth.

SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket stood atop historic launch pad 39A on Monday, one day before 27 kerosene-fueled rocket engines will dispatch the towering rocket into space with nearly 5 million pounds of thrust.

The Falcon 9 rocket’s main engines briefly ignited at launch pad 39A in a standard pre-launch test. This is the second time this booster has test fired its engines on a launch pad at Cape Canaveral.