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    SpaceX Dragon capsule

    Aug 06, 2020 2 minutes

    When the NASA Space Shuttle was retired in 2011, several different companies competed to become NASA’s new choice for cargo and crew transportation to the International Space Station (ISS) – and possibly beyond.

    In 2006 and 2008 NASA awarded the private company SpaceX two contracts totalling roughly $2 billion (£1.59 billion), paving the way for the Dragon capsule to complete its first successful orbit and re-entry in December 2010.

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