SpaceX Dragon Aces Orbital Driving Test
Space Exploration Technologies’ Dragon capsule aced its orbital driving test Thursday, positioning the company a step closer to becoming the first private firm to reach the International Space Station.
Starting at a point 6.2 miles (10 kilometers) below and behind the outpost, Dragon used GPS satellite navigation data and data from the space station itself to precisely navigate to a point 1.6 miles (2.5 kilometers) away.
Source: news.discovery.com
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Private sector space companies? Who needs a crazy test pilot. (disclaimer: I’m not a test pilot by any means, but I’m...
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