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Private Company Launches Rocket With Space Supplies

By Daniela Salvador
May 22, 2012 Updated May 22, 2012 at 12:21 PM EDT

Florida (Indiana’s NewsCenter) - A first of its kind space flight launched Tuesday morning from central Florida.

The SpaceX Company made history as its Falcon Nine Rocket carried a capsule that's packed with 1,000 pounds of space station provisions.

This is the first time a private company has launched a vessel to the space station.

Until their retirement last summer, NASA’s shuttles provided the bulk of space station equipment, now SpaceX or one of its competitors will take over the job.



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