Tuesday, May 22, 2012

SpaceX's Falcon 9's Succeeds in Second Launch Attempt

After the first attempt failed on Saturday, SpaceX's Falcon 9 successfully launched early Tuesday morning.

Falcon 9 carried the Dragon Capsule into space, which is set to dock with International Space Station, on Friday.

The docking of the Dragon Capsule, which is carrying supplies to astronauts aboard the station, will mark the first time a commercial vehicle will be used for such a mission.

SpaceX, and other companies will be replacing the now retired NASA space shuttles, with their own reusable space craft.

Reports show that SpaceX is able to get into space for a third the price of what it cost NASA, an extremely marked improvement.

NASA plans to devote all it's own resources to deep space exploration.

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