SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft in pictures
Summary: SpaceX is preparing to launch the first private-sector flight to the International Space Station. Its Falcon 9 rocket will launch its Dragon capsule at the beginning of May
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Capsule falls back to Earth
NASA believes that one of the biggest advantages of SpaceX's Dragon capsule is that it is planned to be reuseable, similar to the space shuttles.
Here is a test of its capsule falling back to Earth.
This story originally appeared as NASA set to go commercial with SpaceX on ZDNet.com.
Image credit: NASA
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