Thursday, August 18, 2011

An artist's concept of the Dragon spacecraft in Earth orbit.
SpaceX

SPACEX READY TO MAKE HISTORY... This November 30th, a milestone in human spaceflight is set to be made when the first privately-developed vehicle will launch into Earth orbit for a mission that will culminate with a docking at the International Space Station. Shown below is the Dragon capsule as it was recently being tested inside a SpaceX clean room in Hawthorne, California...prior to its delivery to its launch site at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station around next month. Godspeed, SpaceX— Looking forward to another successful flight of Dragon and its Falcon 9 launch vehicle more than three months from now.

A new exciting era after the end of the Space Shuttle Program will soon begin.

Technicians work on the Dragon spacecraft inside a clean room at the SpaceX facility in Hawthorne, California.
SpaceX/ Roger Gilbertson

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