The unmanned SpaceX Dragon capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off Baja California on Thursday, completing the first commercial flight to the International Space Station, NASA and company controllers reported.
The SpaceX Dragon capsule landed at 8:42 a.m. (11:42 a.m. ET), controllers said. SpaceX founder Elon Musk was on hand at the company’s mission control center near Los Angeles as operators monitored the descent.
It’s a new day in space. While I’m not sure how I feel about private companies flying capsules (and eventually, manned flights), I have to give the SpaceX guys a hand for a successful mission.