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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. Video of the launch by Solozerk · · Score: 5, Informative

    A HD video of the launch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQNJG8MPcIc
    SpaceX always releases amazing videos of their launch :-) in this one there's even a camera to watch the solar array deploying in orbit.