SpaceX Cargo Ship Lifts Off After Cliffhanger Countdown
Friday, April 18, 2014 - 15:00
in Earth & Climate
SpaceX got its long-delayed commercial cargo run to the International Space Station off the ground on Friday despite Florida's touch-and-go weather.The company’s Falcon 9 rocket lifted off into the cloudy skies over Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 3:25 p.m.
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