For today’s launch, the craft was filled with nearly 6,000 pounds of cargo including supplies, equipment, special telescopes to study neutron stars, mice, and even thousands of fruit flies. The craft launched from the historic Kennedy Space Center’s launch pad ...

Seated atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, the Dragon will lift off from the historic Pad 39-A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 5:55 p.m. EDT (2155 GMT), beginning its three-day journey to deliver cargo to the International Space Station, ...