It's the first launch of the year from the Space Coast -- a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set to soar to orbit early Tuesday morning on a NASA cargo run to the International Space Station.

SpaceX is also trying to make history during this mission. The company trying to land its Falcon 9 rocket on a barge off the coast of Jacksonville.

The barge is now stationed in its designated spot. It arrived Monday afternoon. The goal is to cut down costs by reusing these boosters, which historically would land and sink in the ocean.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has said he gives a 50-50 shot at landing the booster this first time.

Tuesday’s launch is set for 6:20 a.m. from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. We will carry the launch LIVE or you can watch it on News+ if you are away from your television.

It's a fifth trip to the orbiting outpost for a cargo-filled Dragon capsule, chocked full of science experiments. There's one with Florida Tech ties that will study Alzheimer's with hopes of finding a cause.

It's among the more than 3,700 pounds of scientific experiments and supplies headed to the ISS.

The goal of the student experiment is to is to find out how protein fibers grow in weightlessness, an environment where they get much larger than they do on Earth -- in just a fraction of the time.

The fibers wrap around one another to form 'strings' in the human body, that can affect vulnerable brain and nerve cells.

Sam Durrance is a former shuttle astronaut-turned professor who worked with the students on the project two years. Durrance hopes it could one day lead to a cure for Alzheimer's and other debilitating diseases.

"It was a very rewarding experience for me, I'm looking forward to getting it back and see what we understand by growing these fibers in weightlessness," says Durrance.

This launch was postponed from mid December. SpaceX needed more time to test its rocket engines for the flight.

It's also the first of nearly two dozen scheduled launches from the Space Coast this year.

Right now the forecast is looking good, standing at 70 percent favorable for liftoff.