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Dragon capsule returning to Earth
Added At: 2012-05-31 10:28 PM
Last Updated At: 2012-05-31 10:28 PM
REUTERS
CAPE CANAVERAL: Astronauts aboard the International Space Station released Space Exploration Technologies' unmanned Dragon cargo ship today, one of the final milestones in a pioneering mission for commercial firms seeking a major role in space travel.
Dragon, which arrived on Friday as part of a test flight, was the first privately owned spaceship to reach the $100 billion orbital outpost, a 15-nation project. It was scheduled to splash down in the Pacific Ocean about 900 km southwest of Los Angeles at 1544 GMT.
The United States has been without its own transportation to the space station since its space shuttles were retired last year, leaving Russian Soyuz spacecraft, which are used mainly to transport crew and have little room for cargo, as the only vehicles now flying to the station that return to Earth.
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