SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket of California ready for first launch

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket of California ready for first launch. A rocket astronauts to the space station is set for its maiden flight from Florida.The Falcon9 has been developed privately by SpaceX of California with a large subsidy from Nasa. The 47m-tall vehicle, which carries an unmanned dummy cargo capsule, spacex falcon 9 launch date is due to lift off from Cape Canaveral at 11am local time (1500 GMT). US President Barack Obama inspected the rocket on its pad in April during a visit to the Space Coast.The Falcon 9 will be the launch vehicle for the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. The Falcon 9 and Dragon combination won a Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract from NASA to resupply the International Space Station under the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program. Bigelow Aerospace is also considering the Falcon 9 for their Orion Lite manned spacecraft.