Falcon 9 Static Fire Test Ahead of Second ISS Crew Mission

A new batch of astronauts will shortly be traveling to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon craft. This will be the second operational flight of the Crew Dragon, which underwent its historic first crewed test flight in 2020. Ahead of the new mission, named Crew-2, SpaceX has performed a static fire test of the Falcon 9 rocket which will launch the Crew Dragon capsule.

The static fire test, in which the rocket is fueled and prepared as if for launch and then fires its engines for several seconds while remaining tethered to the ground, went ahead ...