![A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on July 25, 2019, at 6:01 p.m. for the company's 18th Commercial Resupply Services mission to the International Space Station.](https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacex/wp-content/uploads/sites/227/2019/07/CRS-18-launch-768x1024.jpg)
We have liftoff! At 6:01 p.m., SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket climbs away from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on the company’s 18th Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-18) mission.
Due to arrive at the International Space Station on July 27, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft contains multiple supplies, equipment and material critical for supporting science and research investigations at the space station.