SpaceX Dragon on its way to the ISS!

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By Phil Plait
May 22, 2012 8:19 PMNov 20, 2019 1:02 AM

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At 07:44 UTC, May 22, 2012, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket thundered into space, carrying the Dragon capsule into orbit.

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