SpaceX CRS launch SpaceX Space Exploration Technologies Falcon rocket lifting off on the CRS mission carrying a SpaceX Dragon capsule filled with cargo CRS is one of SpaceX flights contracted by NASA to resupply the International Space Station ISS It originated from NASAs COTS Commercial Orbital Transportation Services initiative set up to encourage private companies to ship cargo to the ISS after the retirement of the shuttle program in Photographed at Launch Complex A John F Kennedy Space Center Florida USA on th February Science Photo Library