Dragon Makes 1st Paid Cargo Run

摘要

A decade after Internet entrepreneur Elon Musk founded Space Exploration Technologies Corp. to cut the costs of reaching orbit, SpaceX flew its first paid mission to the international space station, reopening a U.S. supply line shut down when NASA retired its space shuttle fleet last year. The SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule reached the $100 billion orbital outpost Oct. 10 following launch Oct. 7 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., aboard the Hawthorne, Calif.