credit: SpaceX
This Dragon spacecraft qualification unit is going through leak and structural integrity testing. For the leak tests the capsule is pressurised to ensure there are "no leaks in the structure itself, or through the hatches, and windows," says SpaceX
I can't see this image on the SpaceX website
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on December 3, 2008 4:41 PM | Reply
the picture is from http://www.spacex.com/press.php?page=20081202 at the bottom. spacex is going to be fun to watch the next few months
on December 3, 2008 4:43 PM | Reply
It is up now but at the time I posted the blog post with the image the photo was not posted by SpaceX