Falcon 9 rocket blasts off from historic launch pad [feedly]

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Falcon 9 rocket blasts off from historic launch pad
// Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine



The present and the past mixed today as SpaceX's Falcon 9 blasted off for the International Space Station (ISS) from the same launch pad used by the Apollo 11 mission. At 9:38 am EST, the CRS-10 mission lifted off from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, carrying an unmanned Dragon cargo ship loaded with about 5,000 lb (2,270 kg) of supplies for the orbital laboratory. This is the second successful Falcon 9 launch since it re-entered service on January 14 after a launch pad explosion on September 1, 2016.

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