The Falcon 9, SpaceX’s highest hope for transferring astronauts and cargo to and from the International Space Station had a successful test launch today. One of the remarkable technological features of this spacecraft is its ability to reinitiate a launch sequence soon after a launch abort. With the Space Shuttle, if a launch abort was initiated, that would essentially scrub the launch for that day and they would try again the following day. With the Falcon 9, the launch can restart soon after an abort when the original problem is cleared from the queue.
(SpaceX)
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