KSC-2014-2185
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Nine engines roar to life under the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, lifting it off Space Launch Complex 40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and boosting the Dragon resupply spacecraft on the SpaceX-3 mission to the International Space Station. Launch was at 3:25 p.m. EDT. Dragon is making its fourth trip to the space station. The SpaceX-3 mission, carrying almost 2.5 tons of supplies, technology and science experiments, is the third of 12 flights through a $1.6 billion NASA Commercial Resupply Services contract. Dragon's cargo will support more than 150 experiments that will be conducted during the station's Expeditions 39 and 40. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/launch/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Tony Gray and Tim Powers
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April 18, 2014
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Cape Canaveral, FL
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