In the Press Site auditorium of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA and industry leaders speak to media at a post-launch news conference following the liftoff of SpaceX CRS-8, a commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station, or ISS. From left are: George Diller of NASA Communications, Kirk Shireman, NASA ISS Program manager at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Elon Musk, SpaceX chief executive officer and lead designer, and Hans Koenigsmann, SpaceX vice president of Mission Assurance. SpaceX CRS-8 lifted off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 4:43 p.m. EDT.
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