Usa Spacex Falcon 9 Launch

epa02187775 The SpaceX Corporation inaugural Falcon 9 rocket launching a Dragon test unit  starts to lift off from launch pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, 04 June 2010. SpaceX officials  kept the booster's flight plan confidential until the demonstration flight. USA President Obama's meeting 15 April 2010, with Elon Musk, SpaceX's founderCEO, during his visit to Kennedy Space Center indicated that possibly private industry should take over the transportation of astronauts tofrom the International Space Stationbeyond.  EPA/GARY I ROTHSTEIN