Space Station Bound Dragon Assembly is Complete, Now it Just Needs a Launch Date

SpaceX announced yesterday through their Twitter account that the privately held space launch company had completed assembly of the rocket they plan to send to the International Space Station later this year. The Falcon 9 rocket has been topped with the company’s Dragon spacecraft, and was assembled in the SpaceX facility at Cape Canaveral. Though originally slated for this month, the historic mission to the ISS has been delayed several times with a launch optimistically expected no earlier than March 20th. Personally, I can’t wait for this dragon to fly.

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