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SpaceX's Falcon 9 Successfully Reaches Orbit

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the now-to-build-a-moon-base dept.

terrymaster69 writes "After an aborted launch attempt last week, SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon9 rocket Tuesday at 3:44 am EST. SpaceX's founder Elon Musk tweeted: 'Falcon flew perfectly!! Dragon in orbit, comm locked and solar arrays active!! Feels like a giant weight just came off my back :)' The Dragon capsule is scheduled to dock with the ISS on May 25th."

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  1. Re:Welcome back to Space, America! by crazyjj · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    We're back, baby!

    No offense, but we're not even back to 1969.

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