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SpaceX CRS-6

April 13, 2015 The countdown is underway at Cape Canaveral Air Force Stations Space Launch Complex 40 to launch a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. On its sixth commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station, Dragon will deliver 4,300 pounds of scientific experiments, technology demonstrations and supplies to support science and research investigations.

April 13, 2015 -- The countdown is underway at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex 40 to launch a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. On its sixth commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station, Dragon will deliver 4,300 pounds of scientific experiments, technology demonstrations and supplies to support science and research investigations.

Mission: SpaceX CRS-6

Launch date: Saturday, April 14, 2015 at 4:10 p.m. EDT

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

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft launched from Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, for their fifth official Commercial Resupply mission to the orbiting lab on Saturday, January 10 at 4:47am EST.

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