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SpaceX capsule returns to Earth with safe landing in Pacific

SpaceX

A space capsule has returned to Earth, ending the first commercially contracted re-supply mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The capsule was sent by the California-based company SpaceX, the first of 12 missions it will perform for US space agency Nasa... SpaceX says it is just a few years away from being able to provide an astronaut "taxi" service.

 

Space station pulls in SpaceX cargo ship

SpaceX

A privately built robotic space capsule arrived at the International Space Station early Wednesday, making the first routine commercial cargo delivery to the orbiting lab under a billion-dollar deal with NASA.

 

Space X Capsule Docks at Space Station

SpaceX

Space Exploration Technologies Corporation has made history as the first private company to send a spacecraft to the space station.

 

Boeing: Let us fly you into space

Boeing: Let us fly you into space

Hang onto your luggage, Boeing wants to fly you into space -- at least into low-Earth orbit. The aerospace company and a Virginia company have reached a preliminary agreement to sell seats on Boeing commercial crew spacecraft to individuals, companies, nongovernmental organizations, and U.S. federal agencies, Boeing said in a news release.

 

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