Sunday, February 19, 2017

UPDATE 4-SpaceX launches rocket from historic NASA pad in Florida

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Feb 19 (Reuters) - A SpaceX Falcon

rocket blasted off on Sunday from a Florida launch pad once used

to send NASA astronauts to the moon, a step forward for

billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk and his company's goal of

ferrying astronauts to the International Space Station.

The 229-foot tall (70-meter) Falcon 9 soared off a seaside

launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center at 9:39 a.m. EST (1439

GMT) carrying a Dragon cargo ship that holds supplies and

science experiments for

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