SpaceX's Dragon capsule returned to earth this morning, splashing down about 560 miles southwest of Los Angeles
IndiadailyTech Reporter
Jun. 1, 2012

SpaceX's Dragon capsule returned to earth splashing down about 560 miles southwest of Los Angeles after delivering a half ton of food and clothing to the crew aboard the space station and loading up with half a ton of cargo and experiments to bring back.

The successful mission is good news for NASA which is relying on companies like SpaceX to do the heavy lifting now that the space shuttle program is over.

The mission was triumphant from start to finish and was virtually flawless. This was the first time since the shuttles stopped flying last summer that NASA got back a big load from the space station, in this case more than half a ton of experiments and equipment. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said in a statement, "This successful splashdown and the many other achievements of this mission herald a new era in US commercial spaceflight. Alan Lindenmoyer, manager of NASA's commercial crew and cargo program, also praised SpaceX CEO Elon Musk for turning commercial resupply "hopes into a reality." Musk said the goal now was to repeat this success in more missions.

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