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curiousuburb
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2010-12-08, 20:56

SpaceX Dragon spacecraft completes successful two-orbit flight.

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Originally Posted by Spaceflightnow

Dragon capsule back on Earth after whirlwind test flight

SpaceX launched the Dragon spacecraft from Florida on a two-orbit test flight Monday, and the company brought the automated capsule back to Earth less than three-and-a-half hours later. Liftoff occurred at 10:43 a.m. EST (1543 GMT) and splashdown was just after 2 p.m. EST (1900 GMT).


Private Enterprise goes to spaaaaaaace!

BBC story (with blastoff video for UK users) and diagrams for everybody else

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