SpaceX Testing - Falcon 9 Static Fire

On Monday, April 30, SpaceX webcast a static fire test of the Falcon 9 rocket's nine powerful Merlin engines in preparation for the company's upcoming launch. Engines ran for two seconds before a planned abort.

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[Nicholas Staal]

I'm about to graduate high school and it feels great to have something to look forward to. You guys and girls are making this world a more exciting place to live :D

[Jose Phillips]

I cant wait for the real launch. SpaceX what your doing is amazing

[anagoorkani91]

Nagoorkani

[hutchings101]

I'm about to enter into an engineering program at a local university because of these guys, Changing career paths at 23 years old, from the games industry aerospace. The only thing that used to stop me was my skill in math, twas poor. But I'm conquering that this summer! Exciting place to live for sure!!!

[iamthe1337est]

So why did it take some much longer between the second and third launches as opposed to the first and second?

[blue46gt]

Yeah it is deceiving. It looks tilted due to the odd camera angle. But it is actually the supporting tower that is tilted, while the rocket itself is perfectly straight. At 0:24 you can see another shot that shows the rocket straight and the tower tilted :)

[dutchuniverse]

Looks quite tilted to me

[blue46gt]

The rocket is not tilted at all. It is perfectly straight up.

[dutchuniverse]

Is the rocket being tilted to the right so that the thrust can escape in the water chambers?