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SpaceX Falcon 9 launches ISS supply mission from Cape Canaveral

Original: Eyewitness footage captured a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket streaking across the sky after lifting off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Tuesday, Oct. 13 carrying a Dragon spacecraft loaded with supplies for the International Space Station (ISS). Courtesy: Suffolk Sky

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Tuesday, Oct. 13, carrying a Dragon spacecraft loaded with supplies for the International Space Station. Eyewitness footage showed the rocket streaking across the sky shortly after launch. The mission is part of SpaceX's ongoing cargo flights resupplying the orbiting station on behalf of NASA.

Why now: The dramatic nighttime launch was visible to many residents and drew wide attention through eyewitness footage.

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• Eyewitness footage captured a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket streaking across the sky after lifting off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Tuesday, Oct. 13 carrying a Dragon spacecraft loaded with supplies for the International Space Station (ISS). Courtesy: Suffolk Sky · Facebook

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