WATCH: SpaceX successfully launches Falcon 9 rocket carrying ants, avocados, robot to space station NASA and SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center early Sunday morning. (Charles Frazier, WFTV.com/WFTV)
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — NASA and SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center early Sunday morning.
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More than 4,800 pounds of science, research, crew supplies and vehicle hardware launched aboard @SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft at 3:14 a.m. ET. Dragon is slated to arrive at the @Space_Station at around 11 a.m. ET on Monday, Aug. 30: https://t.co/A9sbAYbCl3pic.twitter.com/Zop343MPVd
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The more than 4,800 pounds of science, research, crew supplies and vehicle hardware lifted off from launch pad 39A just after 3:14 a.m.
After the launch, the rocket’s first-stage booster returned and landed upright on SpaceX’s newest ocean platform, named “A Shortfall of Gravitas.”
You can re-watch NASA’s broadcast of the launch here.
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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rockets launch from Kennedy Space Center SpaceX has previously launched dozens of Falcon 9 rockets from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Brevard County, Florida. (Photos by SpaceX)
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rockets launch from Kennedy Space Center SpaceX has previously launched dozens of Falcon 9 rockets from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Brevard County, Florida. (Photos by SpaceX)
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rockets launch from Kennedy Space Center SpaceX has previously launched dozens of Falcon 9 rockets from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Brevard County, Florida. (Photos by SpaceX)
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rockets launch from Kennedy Space Center SpaceX has previously launched dozens of Falcon 9 rockets from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Brevard County, Florida. (Photos by SpaceX)
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rockets launch from Kennedy Space Center SpaceX has previously launched dozens of Falcon 9 rockets from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Brevard County, Florida. (Photos by SpaceX)
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rockets launch from Kennedy Space Center SpaceX has previously launched dozens of Falcon 9 rockets from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Brevard County, Florida. (Photos by SpaceX)
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rockets launch from Kennedy Space Center SpaceX has previously launched dozens of Falcon 9 rockets from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Brevard County, Florida. (Photos by SpaceX)
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rockets launch from Kennedy Space Center SpaceX has previously launched dozens of Falcon 9 rockets from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Brevard County, Florida. (Photos by SpaceX)
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rockets launch from Kennedy Space Center SpaceX has previously launched dozens of Falcon 9 rockets from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Brevard County, Florida. (Photos by SpaceX)
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