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1st LD: SpaceX launches crucial docking port to space station

Xinhua, July 18, 2016 Adjust font size:

U.S. space firm SpaceX on Monday launched supplies to the International Space Station, including a crucial docking port for future American commercial crew vehicles, and will also try a rocket landing on solid ground.

The SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft lifted off on the company's Falcon 9 rocket at 12:45 a.m. EDT (0445 GMT) on time from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

Among the cargo is the first of two international docking adapters, which will allow U.S. commercial spacecraft to dock to the station while transporting American astronauts in the near future. Endi