Today In Pictures: May 22, 2012

The SpaceX launch of its Falcon 9 rocket and a unmanned Dragan capsule lights up the sky during liftoff from a Cape Canaveral launch pad early morning, May 22, 2012, as it streaks over a model of NASA's space shuttle at the Kennedy Space Center. The capsule is headed for a rendezvous with the International Space Station, opening a new era of dollar-driven spaceflight. (Craig Rubadoux/Florida Today/AP Photo)