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The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soared into space from Space Launch Complex-40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying the Dragon capsule to orbit at 3:44 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, May 22, 2012. (NASA)

The SpaceX Falcon 9 test rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 as ground fog covers the pad at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. (Reuters)

The SpaceX Falcon 9 lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40. (Reuters)

The SpaceX Falcon 9 test rocket being prepared for launch, May 18, 2012. (Reuters)

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden congratulates SpaceX after the rocket was launched successfully. (Reuters)

In this June 4, 2010 file photo, a halo forms around the top of the SpaceX Falcon 9 test rocket as launches from complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. (AP)

Mark Patterson (L) and Matthew Rece, both with CTNewsJunkie.Com, prepare a remote camera for the launch of SpaceX. (Reuters)

SpaceX technicians work around the number five rocket engine on the SpaceX, at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, May 19, 2012. (Reuters)

The Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket during a long exposure as it lifts off. (AP)