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  • a rocket lifting into the sky
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  • SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket with the Dragon space craft
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  • dragon crew spacecraft
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  • SpaceX's Falcon 9
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  • SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Dragon spacecraft onboard launching from pad
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  • The SpaceX Falcon Heavy launches from pad surrounded by smoke
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  • SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket
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  • A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Crew Dragon
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