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. Opening a new era in private space flight, the US company ... more 

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. Opening a new era in private space flight, the US company SpaceX became the first commercial outfit to launch its own craft toward the International Space Station less