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SpaceX Rocket Launches for International Space Station

SpaceX Rocket Launches for International Space Station

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The Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket lifts off from launch at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Apr. 14, 2015.John Raoux—AP

Updated: April 14, 2015 4:26 PM [ET] | Originally published: April 14, 2015 3:52 PM EDT;

SpaceX launched a cargo ship to the International Space Station Tuesday at 4:10 p.m. from Florida’s Cape Canaveral.

The Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule were scheduled for liftoff Monday, but the launch was postponed because of weather and, as creator Elon Musk put it, the fact that the “moon was in the way.”

Launch postponed due to lightning from an approaching anvil cloud
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 13, 2015

Launch window always tight when orbital synch needed. In this case, Space Station. For Earth-Sun gravity null point, moon was in the way.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 13, 2015

One of the deliveries—in what MarketWatch reports as SpaceX’s sixth resupply mission—is an espresso machine for Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti.

The Dragon is packed with 4,300 pounds of goods.

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