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SpaceX Successfully Conducts Full Mission-Length Firing of Falcon 9 Launch Vehicle
Powell GammillThe full mission duration test firing of the Falcon 9 rocket first stage lasted 178 seconds. The 9 Merlin engines produced 855,000 lbs. of thrust and consumed over half a million pounds of liquid oxygen and rocket grade kerosene during the test.
And scared the crap out of people! :-D