SpaceX launches resupply mission to International Space Station

Nov. 4 (UPI) -- SpaceX launched a rocket loaded with 6,000 pounds of supplies to the International Space Station on Monday night from the Florida coast.

The Falcon 9 rocket launched from the Kennedy Space Center at 9:29 p.m. EST and is expected to arrive at the orbiting laboratory at 10:15 a.m. EST Tuesday.

The robot Dragon space capsule will dock with the ISS full of food, supplies and equipment for the current crew, as well as an instrument to examine solar winds and how they form.

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