PICTURES: See the SpaceX Dragon cross the Irish sky

After a day of delays due to stormy weather, SpaceX’s Dragon capsule

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finally blasted off from Cape Canaveral. Among the supplies being ferried to the International Space Station (ISS) was the first espresso maker ever put into Earth’s orbit.

Here’s the moment the rocket blasted off. Nothing out of the ordinary, but let’s face it – no matter how many times you watch a launch it’s always a bit incredible.

Florida is a long way away though, and space fans here used to have little chance of seeing a space rocket leaving the planet. But social media is changing all that.