SpaceX launches 3-D printer, other station gear

Published September 21, 2014 5:53am ET



CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A SpaceX cargo ship is rocketing toward the International Space Station.

The company launched its unmanned Dragon capsule from Cape Canaveral, Florida, early Sunday aboard a Falcon rocket. It’s carrying more than 5,000 pounds of station supplies for NASA, including a 3-D printer, the first one bound for orbit.

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