Commercial space flight blasts off

The first commercial spacecraft designed to return to Earth was successfully launched today from Cape Canaveral.

Commercial space flight blasts off
Wed, 08 Dec, 2010 - 16:40

The first commercial spacecraft designed to return to Earth was successfully launched today from Cape Canaveral.

The Space Exploration Technologies Falcon 9 is carrying a capsule named Dragon.

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