YAHOO.COM - A private rocket is set to launch toward the International Space Station next week, and viewers in Florida will have an awesome view.
The unmanned SpaceX Dragon capsule is due to lift off
on the company's Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Sunday (Oct. 7) at 8:35 p.m. EDT (0035 GMT Monday). The commercially
built spacecraft will deliver food and supplies to the crew of the
International Space Station in the first of 12 cargo missions SpaceX is contracted for by NASA.
The liftoff will be a night launch, one of the most impressive kinds of rocket launches to view, and should be visible across Florida's Space Coast and beyond. click here to read more