SpaceX Successfully Launches

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soared into space from Space Launch Complex-40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying the Dragon capsule to orbit at 3:44 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, May 22, 2012.

The SpaceX Falcon 9 test rocket lifts off as ground fog covers the pad at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

The SpaceX Falcon 9 test rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40.

The SpaceX Falcon 9 test rocket being prepared for launch, May 18, 2012.

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.

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.

NASA Administrator Bolden congratulates SpaceX after the Falcon 9 test rocket was launched successfully.

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.

The Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket during a long exposure as it lifts off fromCape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida.