in february 2010, spacex's first flight stack was set up at space launch complex 40, cape canaveral. on 9 march 2010, spacex was to test-fire the first stage. the test was stopped 2 seconds before firing. this was because of a failure in the system designed to pump high-pressure helium from the launch pad into the first stage. the problem was with the pad and not with the rocket itself. all of falcon 9's systems leading up to the abort worked as expected. another test on 13 march 2010 was successful.