SpaceX showered with praise for success of Dragon mission

SpaceX announced its first commercial contract Tuesday to launch a heavy-lift rocket still in development. The Falcon Heavy will launch an Intelsat communications satellite to geosynchronous orbit, according to a news release.

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UPDATE: The SpaceX Dragon successfully splashed down in the Pacific Ocean at 1042AM ET. History made, with the first commercially-built and operated space flight to the International Space Station now successfully

The SpaceX Dragon capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean Thursday at 11:42am ET in a momentous end to the California company's test mission to the International Space Station (ISS). SpaceX confirmed "Dragon is in the water," a NASA mission control

The SpaceX Dragon capsule left the International Space Station on Thursday and aimed for a Pacific splashdown to end its historic flight. Astronauts set the world's first commercial supply ship loose after a five-day visit, releasing the vessel with