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SpaceX’s Spacecraft Lands In Pacific Ocean

Friday, June 1st, 2012

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Space Exploration Technologies’ (SpaceX) Dragon spacecraft landed in the Pacific Ocean yesterday at around 11:42 a.m. EST, according to a company statement. The vehicle will now be recovered by boats and make its voyage back to land, according to a statement. SpaceX made history last week when it became the first commercial enterprise to send a spacecraft into space and attach it to the International Space Station (ISS). Previously, only four governments had attained such a feat: the United States,…

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