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OUT WITH THE OLD… The SpaceX Falcon 9 test rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Tuesday. The unmanned rocket, built by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s SpaceX venture, is the first non-governmental spacecraft to launch to the space station, ushering in a new era of partnership between the public and private spaceflight programs. A mock space shuttle, the Explorer, is seen below, on the grounds of Kennedy Space Center; it had been moved to make room for the retired shuttle Atlantis. (Photo: Michael R. Brown / Reuters via MSNBC)

OUT WITH THE OLD… The SpaceX Falcon 9 test rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Tuesday. The unmanned rocket, built by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s SpaceX venture, is the first non-governmental spacecraft to launch to the space station, ushering in a new era of partnership between the public and private spaceflight programs. A mock space shuttle, the Explorer, is seen below, on the grounds of Kennedy Space Center; it had been moved to make room for the retired shuttle Atlantis. (Photo: Michael R. Brown / Reuters via MSNBC)

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