A 'new era': Private-sector space mission
The era of government-run missions into space was historically altered with the launch of a SpaceX capsule into orbit that later docked with the International Space Station. SpaceX is a private rocket company in Hawthorne. Read more
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SpaceX( NASA / May 25, 2012 )
This image provided by NASA-TV shows the SpaceX Dragon commercial cargo craft, top, after Dragon was grappled by the Canadarm2 robotic arm and connected to the International Space Station on Friday. Dragon is scheduled to spend about a week docked with the station before returning to Earth on May 31 for retrieval.
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