Friday, May 18, 2012

History To Be Made With First Commercial Space Flight To International Space Station

An aerial view of the Falcon 9 rocket with the Dragon capsule spacecraft on the launch pad at SLC-40, Cape Canaveral, Florida

History To Be Made With First Commercial Space Flight To International Space Station Tomorrow... With A Cargo Of Socks And Underwear -- Daily Mail

On Saturday at 4.55 a.m (EST) a Falcon 9 rocket will launch from Cape Canaveral in Florida and hopefully become the first private commercial flight to rendezvous with the International Space Station (ISS).

Ferrying the Dragon capsule into space, the mission to the ISS will be to deliver 1,000 pounds of non-essential cargo after passing a series of test maneuvers over the course of three days.

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My Comment: I wish them the best.

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