SpaceX in First Commercial Flight to Space Station
Private space exploration got a major boost when a commercial spacecraft blasted off into space on Tuesday and will be the first to reach the International Space Station (ISS).

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket early on May 22 as it heads for space carrying the company’s Dragon spacecraft from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral, Fla. The Dragon capsule is scheduled to dock with the International Space Station in a few days. Bruce Weaver/AFP/GettyImages
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