UPDATE: SpaceX just announced via Twitter that the Dragon successfully splashed down in the Pacific: "SpaceX is the first commercial company to reenter a spacecraft from space!"
SpaceX Blasts Its Dragon Space Capsule Into Orbit (UPDATE: Splashdown Success)
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