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#SPACEX #NASA | #CRS-10 Falcon nine reusable first static tests firing from that Historical# NASAKSC Launch Pad 39A…….

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As “Space X- Falcon nine Reusable” is set to return to launch on 18th February 2017, with the return to resupply the International Space Station with the CRS-10 Tenth mission of the Cargo Resupply Servicing number ten…. In preparation for the return to service mission it’s launched from one of the most iconic NASA’s Launch Pads in Space history, that very launch Pad in question is the soon to be remodeled, modified Space Launch Complex pad 39A the very one that seen the many launches from the Apollo Mission towards the Moon, among that it’s the STS- Space Transportation System- Space Shuttle seeing shuttles Columbia, Challenger, Atlantis, Discovery also Endeavor….

In preparations for the upcoming CRS-10 launch, numerous testing had to be done to check out any systems with its new historical launch platform modify for it’s used for the upcoming ultra and Heavy versions of Space X falcon nine variants.. one such testing is the Static test firing of the Falcon Nine’s reusable Merlin cluster Engines to see if all are in working order also its systems..  on 12th  February 2017…..

The Falcon nine reusable, including its CRS-10 payload assemble in the adjacent new constructed horizontal assembly building – HIF- Horizontal integration Facility nearby the SLC-39A is railway out to launch pad among too with the TE- Transporter Erector in the same traditional….. The launch window for CRS-10 is windowed for 1001 Hours morning Eastern Standard Time, in which is 1501 hours Greenwich Time with a ground landing this time instead of a drone ship landing…

NASA –KENNEDY SPACE CENTER |#NASAKSC –After Hurricane Mathew – aerial footage survey..

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 As of the last few days after Hurricane Mathew in which cause so much catastrophic damage in path, also its expected path was also on Cape Canaveral in which “NASA –Kennedy Space Center” in the moment in preparation of oncoming hazard Hurricane con level one is , NASA-KSC in which was shut down for a few days till the onslaught of Hurricane Mathew have pasted… in which emergency crews hunkered down, while assessing the situation from Emergency Operations Control center  at complex 39 while the rest of NASA-KSC staff was ordered to be sent home for safety..

Over the course of the Hurricane, as it pasted, the Kennedy space center have sustain some moderate damages to its installation, buildings  roofs, including among with massive piles of littering around, a few down power lines with water intrusion also with some environmental damages like the  beach shore lines..