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.
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.
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.
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.
Liftoff of Falcon 9 and Dragon from Launch Complex 40 in Cape Canaveral, Fl. on Oct. 7, 2012.
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.
A view looking down at SpaceX's Dragon capsule as it lifts off the pad on Oct. 7, 2012.
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.
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.
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.
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.
SpaceX's unmanned Dragon capsule rises into the Florida sky on the night of Oct. 7, 2012.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The official insignia for SpaceX's first NASA-contracted resupply mission to the International Space Station, CRS-1.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A look inside the SpaceX Dragon capsule and its Falcon 9 rocket.
Liftoff of Falcon 9 and Dragon from Launch Complex 40 in Cape Canaveral, Fl. on Oct. 7, 2012.
Fans watch the CRS-1 Dragon launch to the International Space Station at Cape Canaveral, FL on Oct. 7, 2012.
SpaceX employee watching from Hawthorne HQ from Oct. 7, 2012.
