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Falcon 9 and Dragon Liftoff
Credit: NASA/Glenn Benson
Space Launch Complex 40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida is illuminated by a Falcon 9 rocket as it lifts off on Oct. 7, 2012 carrying a Dragon capsule to orbit.
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Engines Ignite for SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch
Credit: NASA/Tony Gray and Rick Wetherington
Space Launch Complex 40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida comes alive as the Merlin engines ignite under the Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Dragon capsule to orbit on Oct. 7, 2012.
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Falcon 9 Rocket Lifts Off
Credit: NASA/Glenn Benson
Plumes of exhaust and smoke billow around the lightning masts on Space Launch Complex 40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida as a Falcon 9 rocket lifts off on Oct. 7, 2012 carrying a Dragon capsule to orbit.
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SpaceX's Dragon Capsule Rises off the Pad
Credit: SpaceX
SpaceX's robotic Dragon capsule lifts off the pad atop the company's Falcon 9 rocket on Oct. 7, 2012, kicking off the first-ever bona fide supply run for a private American spaceship.
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Falcon 9 and Dragon Liftoff
Credit: NASA
Liftoff of Falcon 9 and Dragon from Launch Complex 40 in Cape Canaveral, Fl. on Oct. 7, 2012.
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Falcon 9 rocket Lifts Off
Credit: NASA/Glenn Benson
A rumble is heard across the Space Coast as a Falcon 9 rocket lifts off Space Launch Complex 40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Oct. 7, 2012, carrying a Dragon capsule to orbit.
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Looking Down on Dragon's Launch
Credit: SpaceX
A view looking down at SpaceX's Dragon capsule as it lifts off the pad on Oct. 7, 2012.
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SpaceX's Falcon 9 Launch
Credit: NASA/Gianni Woods
Space Launch Complex 40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida is illuminated by a Falcon 9 rocket as it lifts off on Oct. 7, 2012 carrying a Dragon capsule to orbit.
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SpaceX's Falcon 9
Credit: NASA/Gianni Woods
Plumes of exhaust and smoke billow around the lightning masts on Space Launch Complex 40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida as a Falcon 9 rocket lifts off on Oct. 7, 2012 carrying a Dragon capsule to orbit.
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Falcon 9 and Dragon Liftoff
Credit: NASA/Ken Allen
At Space Launch Complex 40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Dragon capsule lifts off on Oct. 7, 2012.
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Dragon Launches on First Cargo Run to Space Station
Credit: SpaceX
SpaceX's unmanned Dragon capsule launches toward the International Space Station on Oct. 7, 2012, kicking off the first-ever bona fide cargo run for a private American spaceship.
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Dragon Streaks into the Sky
Credit: NASA
SpaceX's unmanned Dragon capsule rises into the Florida sky on the night of Oct. 7, 2012.
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Dragon Rides High on the Falcon 9
Credit: NASA
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket streaks through the skies above Space Launch Complex 40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying a Dragon capsule to orbit on Oct. 7, 2012.
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SpaceX Employees Watch Dragon Launch
Credit: SpaceX
SpaceX employees at the company's headquarters in Hawthorne, Calif. watch the unmanned Dragon capsule blast off toward the International Space Station on Oct. 7, 2012.
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Dragon Spacecraft Solar Wings Deployed: CRS-1
Credit: SpaceX
This view from a camera aboard SpaceX's Dragon space capsule shows one of the spacecraft's solar arrays deployed just after its successful launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., on Oct. 7, 2012. The Dragon capsule is flying the first-ever commercial cargo mission to the International Space Station.
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SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Night View
Credit: SpaceX
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon space capsule stand poised to launch to the International Space Station just one hour before liftoff (8:35 p.m. ET) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., on Oct. 7, 2012.
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Space Dragon Mission Patch
Credit: SpaceX
The official insignia for SpaceX's first NASA-contracted resupply mission to the International Space Station, CRS-1.
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SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Poised for Launch
Credit: SpaceX
SpaceX's first cargo-carrying Dragon spacecraft stands atop its Falcon 9 rocket to fly the first commercial supply mission to the International Space Station on Oct. 7, 2012, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
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Close-Up View of SpaceX's Falcon 9
Credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann
In a close-up view, the Space Exploration Technologies Corp., or SpaceX, Falcon 9 rocket with Dragon capsule attached on top begins a rollout demonstration test to Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. This image was taken Oct. 2, 2012.
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Dragon Spacecraft Preparation
Credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky
A Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, Dragon spacecraft is being prepared for the company's first Commercial Resupply Services, or CRS-1, mission to the International Space Station. This image was taken Sept. 30, 2012.
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SpaceX's Falcon 9 Rolls Out
Credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann
The Space Exploration Technologies Corp., or SpaceX, Falcon 9 rocket with Dragon capsule attached on top is lifted into the vertical position during a rollout demonstration test at Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. This image was taken Oct. 2, 2012.
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SpaceX Dragon Meets Falcon 9
Credit: NASA
Technicians move a SpaceX Dragon capsule into place at the nose of the company's Falcon 9 rocket during preparations to launch the spacecraft on a cargo flight to the International Space Station.
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How SpaceX's Dragon Space Capsule Works (Infographic)
Credit: Karl Tate/SPACE.com
A look inside the SpaceX Dragon capsule and its Falcon 9 rocket.
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Falcon 9 and Dragon Liftoff
Credit: SpaceX
Liftoff of Falcon 9 and Dragon from Launch Complex 40 in Cape Canaveral, Fl. on Oct. 7, 2012.
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Fans Watching Liftoff
Credit: SpaceX
Fans watch the CRS-1 Dragon launch to the International Space Station at Cape Canaveral, FL on Oct. 7, 2012.
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SpaceX Employee Watches CRS-1 Launch
Credit: SpaceX
SpaceX employee watching from Hawthorne HQ from Oct. 7, 2012.
