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PICTURES: Flight five Falcon 1 stages and Dragon

Rob Coppinger
 on September 10, 2008 8:20 AM | | Comments (1)
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This is the first-stage of the Falcon I flight model five and in the distance is its upper stage
Here is part of the Dragon qualification article. It is the lower portion of the pressurised section

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Standing next to it is SpaceX Falcon 9 programme integrator John Insprucker III who gave me the factory tour. He said there is no requirement for the base to be that shiny, it just turned out that way. Gives you a good view of the former Boeing 747 factory in its reflection anyway

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Gary Warburton

FAA says SpaceX to to go up in Q2 of 2009. Q2= April- June.

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