The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Oct. 7, 2012. The unmanned, privately owned Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon cargo capsule are on a mission to restore a US supply line to the International Space Station, after the retirement of NASA's space shuttle fleet.
PHOTO: Michael Brown/Reuters
