SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket vertical at Florida's Kennedy Space Center

Feb. 11 (UPI) -- Private space travel company SpaceX lifted it's Falcon 9 rocket at Florida's Kennedy Space Center to undergo testing in preparation for a potential launch.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, shared a photo of the rocket in its upright position at the launchpad in Cape Canaveral where the first manned mission to the moon was launched.

"Falcon 9 rocket now vertical at Cape Canaveral on launch complex 39-A," Musk said. "This is the same launch pad used by the Saturn V rocket that first took people to the moon in 1969. We are honored to be allowed to use it."

The rocket will undergo a "static fire" test as soon as Sunday in hopes of launching from the historic site on Feb. 18.

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