Lands on Target in the Pacific Ocean, 500 miles Off of the
Coast of Southern California
You had to see if your self... and ANN did (with Aero-TV
programming coming up in a few hours, no less). Today, SpaceX
became the first commercial company in history to re-enter a
spacecraft from low-Earth orbit. SpaceX launched its Dragon
spacecraft into low-Earth orbit atop a Falcon 9 rocket at 10:43 AM
EST from Launch Complex 40 at the Air Force Station at Cape
Canaveral.
ALL Fingers Are Crossed for the First NASA/SpaceX COTS Demo 1
Mission
Like any space geek, ANN has been working aggressively to stay
abreast of the latest details in America's somewhat convoluted
space program. With newcomer SpaceX already in the game with a
spectacularly successful first launch, the first SpaceX/NASA
collaboration flight has set the bar even higher and kept the space
community on pins and needles.
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