SpaceX One Step Closer to Falcon 9 Launch

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 has passed “acceptance testing” for the first and second stages. The first test flight of the Falcon 9 is scheduled for “one to three months” after it arrives at Cape Canaveral, FL next month, according to a company press release. Considerable attention is focused on the Falcon 9 as both a commercial cargo transport vehicle to the International Space Station, and possibly for taking crews back and forth to ISS as well. The Augustine committee’s report on options for the future of human space flight gave the concept of “commercial crew” a boost.