SpaceX, NASA launch new era of spaceflight

By Gayle Putrich2010-12-08T14:00:00

SpaceX's Dragon capsule became the first successful commercial space vehicle when it lifted off aboard the California-based company's Falcon 9 on a mission co-sponsored by NASA and was recovered from its Pacific Ocean splashdown hours later.

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