Voice of America: Space Travel Marked by Landmark Developments in Private Flight

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Space Travel Marked by Landmark Developments in Private Flight Dec 18th 2012, 22:27 With NASA's retired shuttles mothballed in museums, 2012 saw a new kind of spacecraft blaze its own path toward the International Space Station.   In May, the Dragon space capsule — developed, owned and operated by California-based SpaceX — was launched from atop a Falcon-9 rocket, becoming the first private craft to dock with the ISS.   A feat achieved by only a few governments, the docking, says SpaceX chief Elon Musk, signaled more than a mere technological ... Media files: BD39016B-3AA7-44DF-B2FE-E69C279E7FF6_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg?nocache=1 (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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