Image: Liftoff of SpaceX resupply mission to the space station

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station carrying the Dragon resupply spacecraft to the International Space Station.

Liftoff was at 4:47 a.m. EST on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2015.

The commercial resupply mission will deliver 3,700 pounds of scientific experiments, technology demonstrations and supplies, including critical materials to support 256 science and research investigations on the space station.

SpaceX cargo ship reaches International Space Station: phys.org/news/2015-01-spacex-c … rnational-space.html