A few months ago we were given the opportunity to witness a test flight of SpaceX’s mission to the International Space Station (ISS). After a high-profile aborted attempt, the spacecraft finally launched. But that was just the dress rehearsal. Last night the real future of NASA began.
Launching from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 8:35 p.m. Eastern Time, the Falcon 9 rocket lifted the Dragon spacecraft skyward for the first commercially-supported NASA resupply mission to the ISS. The mission is the first of 12 scheduled to take place through 2016. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said, “The SpaceX launch tonight marks the official start of commercial resupply missions by American companies operating out of U.S. spaceports like the one right here in Florida.”
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