NASA, SpaceX launch Dragon mission with 6,500 pounds of science and supplies to the space station

The third time was the charm as SpaceX successfully launched its Cargo Dragon spacecraft on Friday evening, loaded with 6,500 pounds of science and supplies for the International Space Station after two delays earlier in the week due to bad weather. Liftoff of the resupply mission, atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, happened at 6:05 p.m. EDT (2205 UTC). It was SpaceX’s 34th mission for NASA, funded by the agency’s Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contracts. More

(Source: SpaceFlight Now - May 16)