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Photos: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sits on Pad 39A before launch May 10

Photographers set up remote cameras and take photos of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as it sits on Pad 39A Thursday. The new "Block 5" rocket is scheduled to carry the Bangabandhu-1 communications satellite into orbit for Bangladesh.
Photographers set up remote cameras and take photos of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as it sits on Pad 39A Thursday. The new "Block 5" rocket is scheduled to carry the Bangabandhu-1 communications satellite into orbit for Bangladesh.
Craig Bailey / FLORIDA TODAY
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sits on Pad 39A before launch Thursday. The new "Block 5" rocket is scheduled to carry the Bangabandhu-1 communications satellite into orbit for Bangladesh.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sits on Pad 39A before launch Thursday. The new "Block 5" rocket is scheduled to carry the Bangabandhu-1 communications satellite into orbit for Bangladesh.
Craig Bailey/FLORIDA TODAY
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sits on Pad 39A before launch Thursday. The new "Block 5" rocket is scheduled to carry the Bangabandhu-1 communications satellite into orbit for Bangladesh.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sits on Pad 39A before launch Thursday. The new "Block 5" rocket is scheduled to carry the Bangabandhu-1 communications satellite into orbit for Bangladesh.
Craig Bailey/FLORIDA TODAY
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sits on Pad 39A before launch Thursday. The new "Block 5" rocket is scheduled to carry the Bangabandhu-1 communications satellite into orbit for Bangladesh.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sits on Pad 39A before launch Thursday. The new "Block 5" rocket is scheduled to carry the Bangabandhu-1 communications satellite into orbit for Bangladesh.
Craig Bailey/FLORIDA TODAY
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sits on Pad 39A before launch Thursday. The new "Block 5" rocket is scheduled to carry the Bangabandhu-1 communications satellite into orbit for Bangladesh.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sits on Pad 39A before launch Thursday. The new "Block 5" rocket is scheduled to carry the Bangabandhu-1 communications satellite into orbit for Bangladesh.
Craig Bailey/FLORIDA TODAY
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sits on Pad 39A before launch Thursday. The new "Block 5" rocket is scheduled to carry the Bangabandhu-1 communications satellite into orbit for Bangladesh.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sits on Pad 39A before launch Thursday. The new "Block 5" rocket is scheduled to carry the Bangabandhu-1 communications satellite into orbit for Bangladesh.
Craig Bailey/FLORIDA TODAY
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sits on Pad 39A before launch Thursday. The new "Block 5" rocket is scheduled to carry the Bangabandhu-1 communications satellite into orbit for Bangladesh.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sits on Pad 39A before launch Thursday. The new "Block 5" rocket is scheduled to carry the Bangabandhu-1 communications satellite into orbit for Bangladesh.
Craig Bailey/FLORIDA TODAY
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sits on Pad 39A before launch Thursday. The new "Block 5" rocket is scheduled to carry the Bangabandhu-1 communications satellite into orbit for Bangladesh.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sits on Pad 39A before launch Thursday. The new "Block 5" rocket is scheduled to carry the Bangabandhu-1 communications satellite into orbit for Bangladesh.
Craig Bailey/FLORIDA TODAY
SpaceX's first Falcon 9 Block 5 sits on pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center before its first launch in May 2018 with a Bangladeshi communications satellite. The rocket features upgrades that improve reusability, thrust and turnaround time between missions.
SpaceX's first Falcon 9 Block 5 sits on pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center before its first launch in May 2018 with a Bangladeshi communications satellite. The rocket features upgrades that improve reusability, thrust and turnaround time between missions.
Craig Bailey / FLORIDA TODAY