SpaceX launches 'Cygnus XL' cargo spacecraft

More than 11,000 pounds of scientific research and cargo were launched to the International Space Station aboard Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL spacecraft as part of the company’s Commercial Resupply Services-24 mission. The spacecraft lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.