SpaceX CRS-9

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station carrying the Dragon resupply spacecraft on SpaceX CRS 9, the companys ninth commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff was at 12:45 a.m. EDT.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station carrying the Dragon resupply spacecraft on SpaceX CRS-9, the company's ninth commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff was at 12:45 a.m. EDT.

Mission: SpaceX CRS-9

Launch date: Monday, July 18, 2016 at 12:45 a.m. EDT

Location: Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida

The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft is loaded with about 5,000 pounds of experiments and materials for the ISS including over 20 separate ISS National Lab payloads encompassing over 40 investigations in a variety of scientific disciplines to be conducted on the orbiting laboratory in the coming months.