From: Kirstin Brost Grantham <kirs...@spacex.com>
Subject: DRAGON HAS LANDED
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For Immediate Release
Contact: Kirstin Brost Grantham, SpaceX
202-649-2716
THE DRAGON HAS (SPLASH) LANDED
SpaceX$B!G(Bs Dragon Spacecraft Safely Completes
Historic Mission to the Space Station
Hawthorne, CA This morning, at approximately
8:42 AM Pacific/11:42 AM Eastern, Space
Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) completed its
historic mission when the Dragon spacecraft
splashed down safely in the Pacific. The
vehicle will now be recovered by boats and start the trip back to land.
At 11:00 AM Pacific/2:00 PM Eastern, SpaceX CEO
and Chief Designer Elon Musk will join NASA
Space Station Program Manager Mike Suffredini
and NASA COTS Program Manager Alan Lindenmoyer
for a press conference to discuss today$B!G(Bs exciting events.
Reporters wishing to participate in the event
can call in to NASA$B!G(Bs Johnson Space Center
Newsroom at 281-483-5111. For NASA TV downlink
information or to watch it live visit: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv .
Last week, SpaceX made history when its Dragon
spacecraft became the first commercial vehicle
in history to successfully attach to the
International Space Station. Previously only
four governments the United States, Russia,
Japan and the European Space Agency had
achieved this challenging technical
feat. Dragon departed the space station this morning.
Broadcast quality videos, including footage from
the recovery ship will be posted to
<https://vimeo.com/spacexlaunch/videos>vimeo.com/spacexlaunch
and high-resolution photos will be posted to
<http://spacexlaunch.zenfolio.com/>spacexlaunch.zenfolio.com
as soon as they are available.
This is SpaceX's second demonstration flight
under a 2006 Commercial Orbital Transportation
Services (COTS) agreement with NASA to develop
the capability to carry cargo to and from the International Space Station.
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Kirstin Brost Grantham | Communications Director | SpaceX | 202-649-2716
More on the NASA/SpaceX Launch & Mission to the Space Station
Launch Press Kit:
<http://www.spacex.com/downloads/COTS-2-Press-Kit-5-14-12.pdf>http://www.spacex.com/downloads/COTS-2-Press-Kit-5-14-12.pdf
High-Resolution Photos:
<http://spacexlaunch.zenfolio.com/>spacexlaunch.zenfolio.com
Download Broadcast Quality Videos:
<https://vimeo.com/spacexlaunch/videos>vimeo.com/spacexlaunch
Launch Updates
Twitter: <http://twitter.com/spacex>http://twitter.com/spacex
Facebook: <http://www.facebook.com/SpaceX>http://www.facebook.com/SpaceX
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