SpaceX Falcon 9 Successfully Launched Into Orbit [video]

Falcon 9 is SpaceX's flagship rocket, and a great leap forward for President Obama's plans to diversify the space
industry. The vehicle will help ferry cargo up to the International Space
Station in the years between NASA's retirement of the Space Shuttles and
developing a new heavy-lift launch capability of its own. It's 55
meters tall, and powered by nine of the same Merlin engines that SpaceX
has been developing for years to power its fleet. These specs make the vehicle a...