The first-ever private supply mission to the International Space Station is underway. SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket has blasted off, sending the cargo capsule Dragon into orbit. The unmanned Dragon space capsule, built by the commercial spaceflight firm SpaceX, roared into space atop the company's Falcon 9 rocket from a launch pad here at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, beginning a three-day flight to the space station.
Monday, October 8, 2012
NASA Launches First Private Space Station Cargo Mission Dragon
The first-ever private supply mission to the International Space Station is underway. SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket has blasted off, sending the cargo capsule Dragon into orbit. The unmanned Dragon space capsule, built by the commercial spaceflight firm SpaceX, roared into space atop the company's Falcon 9 rocket from a launch pad here at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, beginning a three-day flight to the space station.
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