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Timeline for SpaceX’s ninth station resupply launch
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
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.

Weather looks favorable for Falcon 9 launch and landing
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.

Photos of the Falcon 9’s Friday afternoon flight
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket took off from Cape Canaveral on Friday afternoon, sending a Dragon cargo freighter on the way to the International Space Station as the launcher’s first stage booster returned to Earth aboard a floating platform.

Video: Press conference following Falcon launch and landing
NASA and SpaceX hold the post-launch and -landing press conference from Kennedy Space Center on April 8 after the successful flight of the Falcon 9 rocket

SpaceX lands rocket on ocean-going drone ship
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket booster descended under engine power to a floating landing platform in the Atlantic Ocean on Friday, notching the first-ever rocket landing at sea minutes after liftoff from Cape Canaveral with a supply ship hauling 3.5 tons of cargo to the International Space Station.

Video: Falcon 9 rocket’s flight from liftoff to orbit
This video replay shows the Falcon 9 rocket's flight from liftoff until deployment of the Dragon supply ship, including the dramatic touchdown on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.

Video: Launch camera replays from Friday’s Falcon 9 blastoff
Replays of the Falcon 9 launch of the eighth resupply mission to the International Space Station from various cameras around Cape Canaveral.

Photos: SpaceX cargo mission prepared for launch
SpaceX’s eighth operational cargo mission to the International Space Station is set for liftoff with nearly 3.5 tons of research investigations, crew provisions and an experimental expandable habitat for the International Space Station.

Live coverage: Space station robot arm captures Dragon supply ship
SpaceX's Dragon cargo capsule arrived at the International Space Station early Sunday with 3.5 tons of supplies and experiments, including an inflatable room to test out technologies for future use on deep space missions. British astronaut Tim Peake captured Dragon with the robotic arm at 7:23 a.m. EDT (1123 GMT).