FAA Awaiting Static Test Before Clearing Next Falcon 9

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Credit: NASA
Engineers at FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST) want to see how a Falcon 9 test on Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center works out before clearing the SpaceX launcher for its first flight from the historic pad. George Nield, associate administrator for commercial space...

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