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SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket lifts off as it heads for space carrying the company's Dragon spacecraft from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Dragon capsule is scheduled to dock with the International Space Station in a few days. AFP/Bruce Weaver
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SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket lifts off carrying the company's Dragon spacecraft from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. AFP/Bruce Weaver
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SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket heads for space carrying the company's Dragon spacecraft from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. AFP/Bruce Weaver
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The Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket lifts off from space launch complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida. AP/John
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The SpaceX Falcon 9 test rocket, which is 178-foot (54-meter) tall, lifted off at 3.44am (0744 GMT) from a refurbished launch pad just south of where NASA launched its now-retired space shuttles. Reuters/Pierre DuCharme
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The SpaceX Falcon 9 test rocket blasted off for a mission designed to be the first commercial flight to the International Space Station. Reuters/Pierre DuCharme
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SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft atop rocket Falcon 9 lifts off from Pad 40 of the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Titusville, Florida. AFP/Roberto Gonzalez
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The Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket is seen during a time exsposure as it lifts off from space launch complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral. AP/John Raoux
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