The Space-X rocket succesfully launched, and is scheduled to dock with the space station on Friday.
SpaceX Successfully Launches
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June 4, 2010 file photo: A halo forms around the top of the SpaceX Falcon 9 test rocket as launches from complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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Mark Patterson (L) and Matthew Rece, both with CTNewsJunkie.Com, prepare a remote camera for the launch of SpaceX Falcon 9 test rocket from Complex 40.
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NASA Administrator Bolden congratulates SpaceX after the Falcon 9 test rocket was launched successfully.
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SpaceX technicians work around the number five rocket engine on the SpaceX Falcon 9 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, May 19, 2012.