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Space, the final frontier. As technology gets more and more advanced, you can expect to see a surge in rockets going to space. Before you know it, human civilization will begin to be able to go out into space for a trip, and even colonize other planets. Isn't that just insane? Technology just gets cooler and cooler each day! Here we have the highlights from the launch of the Falcon 9 rocket by SpaceX. It was launched from the Kennedy Space Center, in its Launch Complex 39A in Florida. Watch as this rocket ascends into the sky to music. The purpose of this mission is to gather intelligence and to relay it back to the headquarters on Earth. Everyday there is a new advancement in some kind technology, and collectively, all those advancements can lead to something awesome, just like the launch of this rocket. Check out the highlights for the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A in Florida. Amazing!

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — On May 15, 2017, SpaceX launched an expendable Falcon 9 rocket with the Inmarsat-5 F4 communications satellite. SpaceFlight Insider was there to capture the event.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- SpaceX saw the return of the first stage of their Falcon 9 rocket that ferried the JCSAT-14 satellite to orbit. The stage was transported back to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on May 14, 2016.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - SpaceFlight Insider's visual team captured this stunning imagery from the Jan. 20, 2017 flight of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket. The payload that lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex 41 was the third Space Based Infrared System satellite for the U.S. Air Force. The mission got underway at 7:42 p.m. EST (00:42 GMT).

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, Texas -- SpaceFlight Insider's Jason Rhian was provided with an exclusive tour of NASA's Johnson Space Center in Texas this past November. The space agency and Lockheed Martin detailed how the Orion spacecraft is being designed and built from the ground up to enable astronauts to fly to destinations such as the Moon, an asteroid and Mars.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- SpaceFlight Insider video from the February 19, 2017 launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A. The 9:38 a.m. EST liftoff marked the first time the site was used since the final shuttle mission, STS-135, flew in July of 2011. The CRS-10 Dragon spacecraft that used the Falcon 9 as its ride to orbit was packed with about 5,000 lbs of experiments, cargo and crew supplies bound for the International Space Station.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket with the SES-10 satellite on Thursday, March 30, 2017. This was the second time that the rocket's first stage had been launched (the first time was for NASA's CRS-8 mission in 2016). After sending the SES-10 spacecraft on its way to orbit the first stage conducted another landing on the "Of Course I Still Love You" Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship positioned out in the Atlantic Ocean.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., -- SpaceFlight Insider video from the launch of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 411 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex 41 in Florida with NASA's Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft.

SpaceFlight Insider video from the June 24, 2016 launch of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 551 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex 41 in Florida. The payload for this flight was the fifth and final Mobile User Objective System satellite for the U.S. Navy.

SpaceFlight Insider launch highlights from the July 28, 2016 flight of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 421 rocket with the classified NROL-61 payload for the National Reconnaissance Office. All video courtesy of SFI. This video is dedicated to the memory of Sandy Shaheen and Jerry Doyle

SpaceFlight Insider launch highlights from the June 11, 2016 flight of a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket with a classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). The flight got underway at 1:51 p.m. EDT (5:51 p.m. GMT) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex 37 in Florida. All video courtesy of SpaceFlight Insider

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- United Launch Alliance (ULA), NASA and Orbital ATK launched the S.S. John Glenn Cygnus spacecraft and its approximately 7,262 lbs (3,294 kilograms) worth of cargo, crew supplies and experiments to the International Space Station. The OA-7 mission was launched on April 18, 2017 at 11:11 a.m. EST (15:11 GMT) with the third flight of an Atlas V 401 rocket under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services contract that Orbital ATK has with NASA.

CAPE CANAVERAL Fla. — SpaceX sent its first dedicated payload for the National Reconnaissance Office into space May 1, 2017. While the nature of the payload was classified, the launch itself provided some of the clearest views of a returning Falcon 9 first stage yet.