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Raising the Falcon 9 Flight 1 vehicle to vertical on the launch pad at SLC-40, Cape Canaveral AFS, Florida. More information on SpaceX: http://www.spacex.com/

Rollout of the Falcon 9 Flight 1 vehicle from the hangar to the launch pad at SLC-40, Cape Canaveral AFS, Florida More information on SpaceX: http://www.spacex.com/

Test firing a set of five Draco thrusters for various intervals, conducted at our Texas Test Facility.

A full mission duration test firing of the new Merlin Vacuum second stage engine for the Falcon 9, at the SpaceX Test Facility in McGregor, Texas. In flight, the engine will include a large expansion nozzle which increases the its performance in the vacuum of space.

Computer animation showing the launch of a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, berthing at the International Space Station, and return to Earth. Courtesy NASA.

Test firing of the Falcon 9 first stage, at the SpaceX Test Facility in McGregor, Texas. Note the engines gimbaling (steering) in the upper left camera.

Full-scale test of the Dragon spacecraft trunk separation system, using a steel structure suspended above simulating the Dragon's pressurized section. A set of pyrotechnic frangible nuts fire to release the trunk section from the spacecraft prior to start of reentry. High-speed video, no sound.

A compilation of highlights from the Falcon 1 RazakSAT Mission

Time lapse video of the Falcon 9 vehicle being raised to vertical at Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral AFS, Florida.

DTS-018/019 - Draco thruster firing at full power for ten minutes, then after a thermal soak, restarts for an additional minute. Conducted in the vacuum test chamber at the SpaceX Texas Test facility in McGregor, TX.

Tom Mueller, SpaceX's VP of Propulsion, gives a tour of our Texas Test Site showing structural and propulsion test facilities in action.

SpaceX CEO and CTO Elon Musk gives a tour of the new SpaceX Falcon 9 launch site at Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral AFS, Florida. Revised 11/09 with latest progress.

SpaceX CEO and CTO Elon Musk takes us on a tour of the SpaceX Headquarters located in Hawthorne, CA, just outside of Los Angeles. Once a manufacturing site for the 747 aircraft, this 500,000 square foot facility is where SpaceX now designs and builds 80% of the Falcon line.

SpaceX CEO and CTO Elon Musk takes us on a tour of the SpaceX Headquarters located in Hawthorne, CA, just outside of Los Angeles. Once a manufacturing site for the 747 aircraft, this 500,000 square foot facility is where SpaceX now designs and builds 80% of the Falcon line.

SpaceX CEO and CTO Elon Musk takes us on a tour of the SpaceX Headquarters located in Hawthorne, CA, just outside of Los Angeles. Once a manufacturing site for the 747 aircraft, this 500,000 square foot facility is where SpaceX now designs and builds 80% of the Falcon line.

SpaceX CEO and CTO Elon Musk takes us on a tour of the SpaceX Headquarters located in Hawthorne, CA, just outside of Los Angeles. Once a manufacturing site for the 747 aircraft, this 500,000 square foot facility is where SpaceX now designs and builds 80% of the Falcon line.

On August 2nd, 2008, the SpaceX Falcon 1 Flight 3 executed a picture perfect first stage flight, ultimately reaching an altitude of 217 km, but encountered a problem just after stage separation that prevented the second stage from reaching orbit.

The first test firing of a Falcon 9 rocket first stage with its full complement of nine Merlin 1C engines. Conducted at the SpaceX test facility in McGregor Texas, the nine Merlins produced nearly 832,000 lbs. of thrust during the test, consuming 3,200 pounds of liquid oxygen and rocket grade kerosene per second.

Test firing of the Falcon 9 with five Merlin 1C engines at the SpaceX test facility in McGregor Texas. Powered by liquid oxygen and rocket grade kerosene, the five Merlins produced nearly half a million pounds of thrust during the test. A total of nine Merlin 1C engines will power the Falcon 9 rocket.

Close up view of the SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage with three Merlin 1C rocket engines as observed by an engineering test camera in the engine bay at the top of the big SpaceX test stand in McGregor

Demonstration of Thrust Vector Control stand, used by Avionics group and Guidance, Navigation and Control group for testing of engine gimbal control actuators, supporting electronics and "hardware in the loop" tests.