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SpaceX Demonstrates Astronaut Escape System for Crew Dragon Spacecraft

A loud whoosh, faint smoke trail and billowing parachutes marked a successful demonstration Wednesday by SpaceX of its Crew Dragon spacecraft abort system - an important step in NASAs endeavour to rebuild America's ability to launch crews to the International Space Station from U.S. soil.
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SpaceX Crew Dragon Spacecraft Takes Flight During Pad Abort Test at Cape Canaveral

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The Dragon is a reusable spacecraft developed by SpaceX, a private space transportation company based in Hawthorne, California. During its maiden flight in December 2010, it became the first commercially-built and -operated spacecraft to ever be successfully recovered from orbit.

On December 8, 2010, a Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral in Florida, carrying an unmanned SpaceX Dragon on COTS Demo Flight 1.
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Inside the space capsule which could take humans to Mars

As Nasa prepares to retire its fleet of space shuttles, it is encouraging private companies to build new rockets to get its astronauts into orbit.
Among the firms landing huge contracts to build the next generation of spacecraft is SpaceX.
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SpaceX Carried Secret Cheese Into Orbit

There were no humans onboard but there was a secret payload: a wheel of cheese. It was a tribute to a sketch by the British comedy group Monty Python.
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SpaceX's Dragon Spacecraft Re-Enters Successfully

SpaceX launched its Dragon spacecraft into low-Earth orbit atop a Falcon 9 rocket at 10:43 AM EST from Launch Complex 40 at the Air Force Station at Cape Canaveral.
The Dragon spacecraft orbited the Earth at speeds greater than 17,000 miles per hour, reentered the Earths atmosphere, and landed in the Pacific Ocean shortly after 2:00 PM EST.

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2 37244 034.5496 180.3527 0019218 263.8535 095.8793 15.93079179    15


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Splashdown! Hawthorne's SpaceX test launch for NASA a success

Hawthorne-based rocket developer Space Exploration Technologies made history Wednesday by sending a spacecraft into orbit and then recovering it after re-entry - potentially ushering in a new era of commercially led space transport and travel.
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