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SpaceX sends supplies to space station, lands another Falcon rocket

July 18, 2016 Stephen Clark

Rising into a midnight sky lit by the full moon, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket took off from Cape Canaveral early Monday with a commercial cargo craft on the way to the International Space Station, then returned to Florida’s Space Coast for a dramatic nighttime landing.

Photos: Falcon 9 rocket lifted vertical for cargo launch

July 17, 2016 Stephen Clark

SpaceX hoisted its Falcon 9 rocket upright Sunday evening, hours before launching on a commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station. Technicians installed time-sensitive supplies into the Dragon cargo capsule earlier in the day.

Timeline for SpaceX’s ninth station resupply launch

July 17, 2016 Stephen Clark

Track the major milestones of Monday’s launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral with a Dragon cargo craft heading for the International Space Station.

Live coverage: Commercial cargo craft completes space station rendezvous

July 17, 2016 Stephen Clark

SpaceX’s Dragon supply ship reached the International Space Station on Wednesday, with astronaut Jeff Williams grappling the unpiloted spacecraft with the research lab’s robotic arm at 6:56 a.m. EDT (1056 GMT) after an automated rendezvous.

Progress supply ship heads for International Space Station

July 16, 2016 Stephen Clark

A Russian Progress cargo spacecraft laden with 5,300 pounds of fuel and supplies blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Saturday, riding a Soyuz rocket smoothly into orbit on the first of two resupply launches heading for the International Space Station in the next two days.

July 16, 1969: Launch of Apollo 11

July 16, 2016 Justin Ray

Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins launched today in 1969 aboard Apollo 11 for one of the defining moments of the 20th century — man’s first landing on the moon.

Weather looks favorable for Falcon 9 launch and landing

July 15, 2016 Stephen Clark

Forecasters predict mostly clear skies and light winds at the surface and aloft for Monday’s launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on a resupply mission to the International Space Station, favorable conditions for the booster’s liftoff and landing at Cape Canaveral.

SpaceX sends supplies to space station, lands another Falcon rocket

Photos: Falcon 9 rocket lifted vertical for cargo launch

Timeline for SpaceX’s ninth station resupply launch

Live coverage: Commercial cargo craft completes space station rendezvous

Progress supply ship heads for International Space Station

July 16, 1969: Launch of Apollo 11

Weather looks favorable for Falcon 9 launch and landing

July 15, 1975: Apollo-Soyuz Test Project launched

Progress cargo craft to launch space station supplies Saturday

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