On secret mission for NASA SpaceX rocket blasts off

SpaceX rocket blasts off

SpaceX rocket blasts off

.It is ready for the NROL-76 launch on Apr twenty-nine, 2017, in headland, Florida. A SpaceX rocket sits on launch pad 39A 

On Monday, SpaceX launched its new Falcon 9 rocket into space. The private space company usually sends communications satellites or scientific equipment into space. On this mission, however, the rocket carried a spy satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office, or NRO. The NRO is responsible for gathering intelligence for the government.