SpaceX Dragon's liftoff begins the new normal for NASA

An unmanned private spacecraft lifted off on the first routine commercial delivery to the International Space Station on Sunday night, marking a major shift in how NASA sends supplies and gear to the orbiting lab. The gumdrop-shaped Dragon space capsule built by the private spaceflight company SpaceX rose from its pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida to begin a three-day voyage to the space station. More

(Source: MSNBC - Oct 8)