The SpaceX Dragon previously blogged splashed down successfully at 11:42AM Pacific time (10:42 Eastern). Coverage here and at the boing (hi, Xeni!). No word yet as to the presence of verminicious knids.
Given the FAA’s recent launch approval of Scaled Composites’ Spaceship Two for space tourism agency Virgin Galactic, it appears we have finally entered the age of commercial space flight.
If I lived on the left coast, I think I’d work for Elon Musk.
Today Musk’s aerospace company, SpaceX, successfully delivered a payload to the International Space Station with their Dragon spacecraft, launched from a Falcon 9 vehicle. Last year the Dragon was the first commercially built spacecraft to return from orbit; today it was the first privately built spacecraft to dock with an orbiting platform.
In celebration, here’s a video interview with moonwalker Neil Armstrong, in four parts:
part 1 – part 2 – part 3 – part 4
Bonus video: Buzz Aldrin punching a heckler!