SpaceX Dragon Capsule Departs Space Station

Space Exploration Technologies’ Dragon capsule, the first privately owned vehicle to reach the International Space Station, was released early Thursday in preparation for a return to Earth at 11:44 a.m. EDT today.

Dragon blasted off May 22 for an ambitious test flight, a trial run before the company, also known as SpaceX, begins regular cargo runs to the station for NASA.

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