IMAGE OF THE DAY: SpaceX’s Dragon Spacecraft Lifts Off On Falcon 9 Rocket From Cape Canaveral

By  //  July 1, 2018

Launched on June 29, 2018 from Cape Canaveral

At 5:42 a.m. EDT Friday, June 29, 2018, SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft lifts off on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. (SpaceX Image)

BREVARD COUNTY • CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA – At 5:42 a.m. EDT Friday, June 29, 2018, SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft lifts off on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

Dragon is carrying more than 5,900 pounds of research, equipment, cargo and supplies that will support dozens of scientific investigations aboard the International Space Station.

NASA astronauts Ricky Arnold and Drew Feustel will use the space station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm to capture Dragon when it arrives at the station on Monday, July 2.

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