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SpaceX Concept of Commercial Crew Launch Operations at Pad 39A

By Keith Cowing
Press Release
September 2, 2015
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SpaceX Concept of Commercial Crew Launch Operations at Pad 39A
Artist's concept of Falcon 9 at Pad 39A
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SpaceX released this artist concept of Launch Pad 39A as it would look for the launch of its Crew Dragon spacecraft on top of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying astronauts to the International Space Station.
The trunk of the Crew Dragon shimmers in the Florida sunshine in the depiction. Note the modifications to the service structure and surroundings of the pad area, along with the processing hangar at the base of the 40-foot-high pyramid.

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