SpaceX Applies Lessons Learned from December Launch Scrub

Credit: CHRIS THOMPSON/SPACEX
Space Exploration Technologies is making changes to its Falcon 1 rocket and launch equipment based on lessons from the Dec. 19 launch scrub, and now hopes to make the company's first flight on Feb. 8 at 4:30 p.m. PST. The rocket's first stage fuel tank suffered damage when the tank pressurization...

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