SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft Launching Soon

SpaceX or Space Explorations Technologies is about to test their new spacecraft on Wednesday 9th December 2010. This flight had been delayed due to problems with the nozzle on the upper stage rocket. Apparently they found a few cracks!

If all goes well, this will be the first vehicle that is going to be capable of delivering supplies to the International Space Station after NASA scraps the Shuttle sometime next year.

Rather than fly straight to the Space Station on their first go, they’ve taken the more cautious route of flying around the Earth a couple of times first and then crash rather unceremoniously into the Pacific Ocean. If successful, this will make it the first private company to recover a re-entering space craft that has been in orbit.

From the company….