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At 5:07 p.m. EDT (21:07 GMT) on June 3, 2017 NASA and Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) launched a Dragon cargo carrier spacecraft to the International Space Station with some 3,800 pounds (1,700 kilograms) of pressurized and 3,500 pounds (1,600 kilograms) of unpressurized cargo. The mission marked the first time that a Dragon pressure vessel has been reused (this one flew the CRS-4 mission in 2014). The mission also conducted a successful landing back at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1). The launch took place from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A, the same site that the historic Apollo 11 mission lifted off for the Moon. The mission had been scheduled to take place on June 1, but poor weather, including lightning pushed the launch back 48 hours. Photos courtesy: Mike Howard, Mike Deep, Carleton Bailie, Narvin Gumbs, Michael Seeley, Andy Sokol
