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Video: SpaceX’s Dragon Makes History

By Keith Cowing
July 18, 2012
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Video: SpaceX’s Dragon Makes History
SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Dragon to the ISS
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On May 25, 2012, SpaceX made history when the Dragon spacecraft became the first privately developed vehicle in history to successfully attach to the International Space Station. Previously only four governments — the United States, Russia, Japan and the European Space Agency — had achieved this feat.

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