From a Distance - SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Dragon COTS-2 Spacecraft to ISS

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Channel: Matthew Travis · 2012 · Science & Technology

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The SpaceX Dragon capsule is safely in orbit with its power-producing solar arrays deployed following a successful launch aboard the company's Falcon 9 rocket. Liftoff came on time at 3:44 a.m. EDT to set the cargo-carrying spacecraft on a course to rendezvous with the International Space Station. This mission is a test flight for the Dragon under NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services contract known as COTS.

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