In Photos: SpaceX's 1st Reused Dragon Spacecraft Blasts Off

First Used Dragon Blasts Off

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A used SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule launches atop a Falcon 9 rocket from historic Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on June 3, 2017.

Falcon 9 Lifts Off, June 3, 2017

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches a pre-flown Dragon cargo capsule from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on June 3, 2017.

Liftoff of 1st Used Dragon

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a used Dragon cargo craft blasts off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 3, 2017.

Dragon and Falcon 9 Blast Off

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket topped with a pre-flown Dragon cargo capsule launches from Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 3, 2017.

Liftoff: Another View

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The June 3 liftoff from another angle.

Climbing High

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SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon cargo capsule climb toward orbit.

Falcon 9 and Dragon Rise Into the Sky

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lofts a used Dragon cargo capsule into the sky above NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 3, 2017.

Trail of Flame

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carries the Dragon cargo capsule toward space on June 3, 2017.

Falcon 9’s First-Stage Engines

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The nine Merlin engines on the first stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket power the company’s Dragon cargo capsule toward orbit on June 3, 2017.

Falcon 9 Firing Away

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The first-stage engines of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket power the booster toward orbit on June 3, 2017.

Falcon 9’s Trail of Light

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a used Dragon cargo capsule streaks into the sky above NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on June 3, 2017.

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Hanneke Weitering
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Hanneke Weitering is a multimedia journalist in the Pacific Northwest reporting on the future of aviation at FutureFlight.aero and Aviation International News and was previously the Editor for Spaceflight and Astronomy news here at Space.com. As an editor with over 10 years of experience in science journalism she has previously written for Scholastic Classroom Magazines, MedPage Today and The Joint Institute for Computational Sciences at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. After studying physics at the University of Tennessee in her hometown of Knoxville, she earned her graduate degree in Science, Health and Environmental Reporting (SHERP) from New York University. Hanneke joined the Space.com team in 2016 as a staff writer and producer, covering topics including spaceflight and astronomy. She currently lives in Seattle, home of the Space Needle, with her cat and two snakes. In her spare time, Hanneke enjoys exploring the Rocky Mountains, basking in nature and looking for dark skies to gaze at the cosmos.