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Washington, United States:
A SpaceX rocket took off successfully from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday with four astronauts on board, bound for the International Space Station.
It is the second manned flight for SpaceX, a private company founded by entrepreneur Elon Musk that will now transport NASA astronauts into space after nine years of US dependence on Russian Soyuz rockets.
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