SpaceX moves toward manned flight
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Artist's concept of Falcon 9's second stage ignition (Image: Spacex)
Dragon's first visit to the ISS in May 2012 (Image: NASA)
Dragon returning from it's first commercial flight (Image: Spacex)
Dragon returning from it's first commercial flight (Image: Spacex)
Dragon returning from it's first commercial flight (Image: Spacex)
Dragon returning from it's first commercial flight (Image: Spacex)
Dragon returning from it's first commercial flight (Image: Spacex)
Mock up of the manned version of the Dragon capsule (Image: Spacex)
Mock up of the manned version of the Dragon capsule (Image: Spacex)
Mock up of the manned version of the Dragon capsule (Image: Spacex)
Mock up of the manned version of the Dragon capsule (Image: Spacex)
Article Summary
SpaceX has completed the first three performance milestones for the manned version of its Dragon/Falcon 9 spacecraft and launch system. In an announcement at its Hawthorne, California, headquarters, SpaceX said that the milestones are part of NASA's Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap) initiative, which is intended to develop privately owned and operated manned spacecraft capable of taking passengers into low Earth orbit for NASA and private customers.
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