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Title: History Of The Day - SpaceX Launches and Returns a Spacecraft from Orbit (2010)
Post by: TFD on Dec 08, 2011, 09:02 AM
In 2002, PayPal cofounder Elon Musk established the California-based space transportation company SpaceX. In 2010, SpaceX became the first private company to place a spacecraft into orbit and successfully recover it. The craft, called Dragon, was launched on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral. Eventually, SpaceX hopes to fly missions to the International Space Station for NASA. Although Dragon was unmanned during its maiden voyage, it was carrying what secret piece of cargo? Discuss (http://forum.thefreedictionary.com/postst22756_SpaceX-Launches-and-Returns-a-Spacecraft-from-Orbit--2010-.aspx)



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