The first commercial mission to the International Space Station ended Thursday with the SpaceX Dragon capsule splashing down after a flight the company's founder declared a "grand slam." The Dragon drifted beneath parachutes to the surface of the Pacific Ocean, about 560 miles off Baja California, on Thursday morning. It hit the water about a mile from its target. (www.cnn.com) More...
I agree with Wingscrubber it does feel like 1960's space exploration. I think its great that we are seeing private enterprise now participating but how about a air shuttle that can actually fly into space and return landing on its own. Oh yea, the space shuttle program. We cancelled it.
