SpaceX Falcon 1 Makes History This Evening: Earth Orbit Achieved On Fourth Attempt
SpaceX’s Falcon 1 spacecraft made history tonight as the first privately developed launch vehicle to reach earth orbit from the ground. “About nine and a half minutes after launch, the second stage engine shuts down, and the Falcon 1 becomes the first privately developed liquid fuel rocket to orbit the Earth,” the company said. This was their fourth attempt. The previous three attempts failed to reach orbit – the last launch , in August, lost two NASA satellites and the ashes of 208 people, including astronaut Gordon Cooper and James Doohan, the actor who played Scotty in the original Star Trek television show
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SpaceX Falcon 1 Makes History This Evening: Earth Orbit Achieved On Fourth Attempt
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