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WATCH: SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket from Space Coast to supply space station

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX launched its 25th mission to resupply the International Space Station on Thursday.

8:55 p.m.

SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket to send supplies to the ISS on Thursday.

Original report:

SpaceX is counting down to another Falcon 9 rocket launch from the Kennedy Space Center.

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The resupply mission will send a Dragon 2 spacecraft to the International Space Station.

The cargo includes research into how immune cells age and a climate change monitoring system from NASA.

WATCH: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral

The launch is scheduled to lift off at 8:44 p.m. Thursday.

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Katlyn Brieskorn, WFTV.com

Katlyn Brieskorn is a Digital Assignment Editor at WFTV. She joined Channel 9 in July 2019.