SpaceX Completes First Cargo Mission in Commercial Spaceflight
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Space Exploration Technologies Corp., headed by billionaire Elon Musk, completed the first regular cargo mission in commercial spaceflight with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.
After detaching from the International Space Station, the company’s unmanned spacecraft parachuted into the water about 250 miles off the coast of southern California at 12:22 p.m. local time yesterday.