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Dragon on the barge

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Dragon on the barge SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft sits safely on a recovery barge after splashing down in the Pacific Ocean on May 31, 2012. The Dragon completed a more-than nine-day trip in which it became the first private spacecraft to visit the International Space Station.

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Original image data dated on or about May 31, 2012

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