Private spacecraft left Earth with the first shipment to ISS

The rocket of SpaceX private space company on October 7 left the launch pad, bringing the Dragon space chamber of nearly half a ton of cargo to orbit the Earth, aiming at the International Space Station, in the freight train 'first for NASA.

Falcon 9 missiles bring Dragon to Earth as expected.

SpaceX's spacecraft, carrying around 455kg of cargo, was removed from Earth by the Falcon 9 rocket, scheduled for 8:30 pm on October 7 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, The venue took place many similar launches.

Dragon plans to go to ISS on Wednesday and stay here for about 2 weeks. This is the first of 12 missions scheduled under a US $ 1.6 billion contract between SpaceX and NASA.

The launch is the next step in the US commercial space industry's effort to reduce costs and expand the industry, not just within the government.

SpaceX's missile on the front launcher
Departure time at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

SpaceX is a co-founder of Paypal, billionaire Elon Musk. This is one of many private companies working with NASA to make return flights between Earth and ISS. Over the past year, NASA has relied on Russian spacecraft to make space flights, after the US shuttle fleet was retired.

Dragon is expected to return to Earth (landing off the coast of California in the south) on October 28, bringing back 333kg of scientific material.