SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket Thursday afternoon from Kennedy Space Center for a cargo resupply mission along with 7,300 pounds worth of science experiments.
The rocket lifted off at 1:29 p.m. from KSC’s Launch Pad 39-A. The company was using a new first-stage booster that successfully landed on the company’s drone ship Of Course I Still Love You in the Atlantic Ocean.
This was SpaceX’s 22nd resupply mission to the International Space Station. The space-venturing company is sending up the cargo with its Dragon spacecraft containing crucial experiments such as squid.