Tag: SpaceX Dragon

Private spacecraft docks with space station

May 25, 2012

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by

mwkruse

in Capitalism and Markets, Science, Technology (Transportation & Distribution)

CNN: Private spacecraft docks with space station (CNN) — A private spacecraft docked with the International Space Station on Friday, a milestone in a new era of commercial space flight. The docking happened just before 10 a.m., almost two hours later than planned. A radar system aboard the unmanned SpaceX Dragon that measures distance to…