text: SpaceX Falcon rocket blasts off from Florida with cargo for the International Space Station | Daily Mail Online
  The spaceship is loaded with more than 5,000 pounds of equipment, supplies and science experiments, including 20 live mice for medical experiments, a prototype 3-D printer and an instrument to monitor ocean wind speeds
  Published: 02:37 EST, 21 September 2014 | Updated: 12:12 EST, 21 September 2014
  The spaceship is loaded with more than 5,000 pounds of equipment, supplies and science experiments, including 20 live mice for medical experiments, a prototype 3-D printer and an instrument to monitor ocean wind speeds.
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  'We are ramping up for that launch rate, and actually even more than that,' Hans Koenigsmann, Space Exploration Technologies vice president of mission assurance, told reporters at a prelaunch news conference.
  Last week, SpaceX won a second NASA contract, worth up to $2.6 billion, to upgrade and fly its Dragon capsules for astronauts - and potentially paying tourists as well.
  A crewed Dragon spaceship is targeted for a debut test flight in 2016.
  SpaceX's Falcon 9 rockets sell for about $61 million.
  Boeing plans to buy Atlas 5 rockets, which cost about $150 million. United Launch Alliance, a partnership of Boeing and Lockheed Martin, manufactures and sells Atlas 5, which predominantly are used for U.S. military missions.
  NASA also awarded Boeing a $4.2 billion contract to develop and fly a second space taxi. The price difference is primarily the cost of the launcher
  SpaceX, owned and operated by technology entrepreneur Elon Musk, is gunning for that business as well.
  A lawsuit is pending in federal court contesting the U.S. Air Force's latest non-competed award to United Launch Alliance.