Falcon 9 Propellant Loading Begins

At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40, liquid oxygen vapor vents from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket during propellant loading. RP-1, rocket grade kerosene, and liquid oxygen propellant are being loaded in preparation for liftoff. The rocket will boost a SpaceX Dragon capsule on the company’s 15th Commercial Resupply Services mission to the International Space Station.

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