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An unmanned SpaceX rocket blasted off at 4:10 p.m. ET Tuesday from Cape Canaveral, Fla., after the previous day’s planned launch was halted over weather worries.
Ascent successful. Dragon enroute to Space Station. Rocket landed on droneship, but too hard for survival.
The SpaceX capsule holds more than 1,800 kilograms (4,000 pounds) of supplies ordered by NASA for the International Space Station, much of it food.
Italy is sending up a special espresso machine for Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, who’s been stuck with American instant coffee since last year. The Italians in charge of the project hope to revolutionize coffee drinking in space.
SpaceX, meanwhile, hopes to transform the rocket business by landing a leftover booster on an ocean platform. This will be the third try.
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