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Falcon 9 lifting off with the first Dragon spacecraft on the COTS Demo 1 mission, December 8 2010
December · 2010

First Falcon 9 Launch + Dragon Qualification

Proved end-to-end commercial cargo capability and paved the way for regular ISS resupply under CRS contracts.

Photo: NASA / Tony Gray and Kevin O'Connell · public domain

First Falcon 9 launch + Dragon qualification. Dragon becomes first private spacecraft to orbit and be recovered.

Source: spacex.com

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