SpaceX will launch Starship V3 for its 1st test flight today
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The International Space Station-bound SpaceX Cargo Dragon is loaded with 6,500 pounds of needed equipment, research gear and crew supplies.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 6:05 p.m. EDT on Thursday, May 15, carrying Cargo Dragon C209 and 6,500 pounds of supplies, medical experiments, and a joint NASA–U.
NASA and SpaceX are targeting a May 12 launch to deliver science, supplies and equipment to the International Space Station.
Elon Musk founded SpaceX in 2002 with the lofty goal of ferrying humans to Mars and colonizing Earth's neighboring planet.