PHOTOS: Falcon 9 on the pad BY STEPHEN CLARK

SPACEFLIGHT NOW

Posted: March 1, 2012

SpaceX loaded more than 75,000 gallons of liquid propellant into the Falcon 9 rocket Thursday for a pre-launch countdown test designed to wring out any issues with the launcher, ground systems and engineering teams before the mission blasts off in April.



These photos come from the launch pad just after the Falcon 9 was drained of propellant Thursday afternoon.



Photo credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now



























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