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A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 6:01:56 p.m. EDT (2201:56 GMT) Thursday. Credit: SpaceX A break in thunderstorms streaming across Central Florida allowed a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon cargo capsule to blast off Thursday from Cape Canaveral in pursuit of the International Space…

NASA and SpaceX officials briefed the media Wednesday on the planned launch of a Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon cargo capsule on a resupply flight to the International Space Station. See our Mission Status Center for live coverage of the countdown and launch. Email the author. Follow Stephen Clark on Twitter: @StephenClark1.

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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket stands at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad during Wednesday’s countdown. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX called off a Falcon 9 countdown Wednesday due to the threat of lightning from thunderstorms along Florida’s Space Coast, pushing back the departure of a cargo mission for the International Space Station until Thursday. But weather conditions…

A plume of exhaust appears from pad 40 Friday evening as SpaceX test-fires the Falcon 9 rocket’s nine Merlin engines. Credit: Steven Young/Spaceflight Now SpaceX test-fired a Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral Friday evening, igniting nine Merlin engines for several seconds while hold-down restraints kept the launcher on the ground. The company also confirmed…