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SpaceX rocket takes off for space station with four astronauts

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A SpaceX rocket successfully lifts off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida with four astronauts on board, bound for the International Space Station. It is the second manned flight by SpaceX, a private firm founded by entrepreneur Elon Musk that will now carry NASA astronauts into space after nine years of American dependence on Russian Soyuz rockets. IMAGES

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