SpaceX Launches Supply Rocket From Historic Apollo Pad
- Sunday launch successful after Saturday mission was scrubbed
- Craft will deliver cargo to International Space Station
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasts off from the Kennedy Space Center on Feb. 19.
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Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corp. successfully launched its second rocket in as many months on Sunday, bringing it a 10th of the way to its goal of deploying 20 to 24 rockets this year.
The Falcon 9 rocket that launched SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft on Sunday separated minutes after liftoff and landed upright on Earth in its designated area. SpaceX expects to launch a “flight proven,” or reused, Falcon 9 rocket for the first time this spring.