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The Dragon spacecraft's parachutes are seen over the Pacific Ocean horizon at the moment of splashdown on May 31, 2012 at 11:42AM EDT (15:42 UTC).
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Soyuz reflected in Dragon solar array
In this picture by ESA astronaut André Kuipers, a reflection of one of the Soyuz capsules docked at the ISS can be seen in the Dragon spacecraft's solar array.
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WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo
Artist's concept of Virgin Galactic's WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo, built by The Spaceship Company and Scaled Composites.
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In this screen grab from NASA TV, the Dragon spacecraft is seen shortly after the moment of capture by the International Space Station's Canadarm2, marking a milestone in both the COTS 2 flight and commercial space history.
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In this screen grab from NASA TV, the Dragon spacecraft is seen at the moment of capture by the International Space Station's Canadarm2, marking a milestone in both the COTS 2 demo flight and commercial space history.
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The Dragon capsule completes its two-step berthing procedure, officially becoming the first commercial spacecraft to visit the ISS on Friday, May 25, 2012.
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KSC-2012-2897 (22 May 2012) --- The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soars into space from Space Launch Complex-40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 3:44 a.m. (EDT) May 22, 2012, carrying the Dragon capsule to orbit.
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In this screencap from NASA TV, the Dragon spacecraft and its solar arrays can be resolved from the International Space Station. The Dragon flew under the ISS at a distance of 2.5 kilometers.
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Curiosity launches on an Atlas V
On Saturday, November 26 at 10:02 ET (15:02 UT), an Atlas V rocket carrying the Mars Science Laboratory lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule begin to rise from the launchpad on May 22, 2012 at 3:44AM EDT (7:44 UTC). The mission, COTS 2, marks the first-ever attempt to berth a privately-owned spacecraft with the International Space Station.
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XCOR's Lynx suborbital space plane
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Mars Exploration Family Portrait
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Artist's concept of Spirit, stuck in her final resting place at Troy, next to Home Plate, in Gusev Crater.
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Mars Science Laboratory descends
In this still from a movie of Mars Science Laboratory's landing, the rover descends on cables from the backshell as retrorockets fire to slow its descent.
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Dots and dashes in a rover wheel
A still from a video showing testing of an engineering model of the Curiosity rover shows a pattern of holes -- the "visual odometry markers" in the wheels, which leave a rhythmic pattern in the rover's tracks, which will help the rover determine how far it has traveled using optical navigation. If you're wondering why the pattern appears as it does, they are dots and dashes of Morse code. As the rover drives, it spells out "J-P-L." J: . - - - P: . - - . L: . - . .
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The Philae lander is the small blue object perched on the side of the Rosetta spacecraft.
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