Two Rocket Launches Scheduled Today

Two rocket launches will happen today.  Vice President Mike Pence will be on hand for a SpaceX launch from Cape Canaveral shortly after 9 a.m. Eastern time.  The rocket will carry an Air Force GPS satellite into orbit. He will then take a tour of the Crew Dragon space capsule that's being designed to take astronauts into orbit and beyond.  Less than an hour after the SpaceX launch, there will be a Blue Origin launch from West Texas.  It'll carry NASA payloads into space.

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