RocketSTEM Issue #9 - October 2014 | Page 82

SpaceSHOT SpaceX CRS-4 launch: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with a Dragon cargo spacecraft on top launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Space Launch Complex-40 in Florida at 1:52 a.m. EDT, Sept. 21, 2014. In this four-image composite, the launch, second stage burn to orbit and the Falcon-9 vertical soft landing test are all visible. The Dragon carried more than 5,000 pounds of supplies, science experiments, and technology demonstrations to support 255 science and research investigations aboard the ISS. Credit: Mike Killian 80 80 www.RocketSTEM .org