SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket blasts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida. – Photo by AFP

Space Launch Complex 40 is illuminated by a Falcon 9 rocket as it lifts. – Photo by Reuters

The rocket is carrying supplies to the International Space Station. – Photo by AP

A 71-second exposure as seen from Port Canaveral after SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket successfully lifted off. – Photo by AP

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket attached to the cargo-only capsule called Dragon lifts off from the launch pad. –Photo by AFP

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket attached to the cargo-only capsule called Dragon after it lifted off from the launch pad. – Photo by AFP

Media from around the world cover the launch Space -X Falcon 9 from atop of the VAB as it lights up the sky during its liftoff. – Photo by AP