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SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Completes Demo-1 Mission for NASA

SpaceX's Crew Dragon Completes Demo-1 Mission for NASA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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SpaceX's Crew Dragon Completes Demo-1 Mission for NASA - top government contractors - best government contracting event

A SpaceX crew capsule has returned to Earth after a five-day stay at the International Space Station as part of NASA's Demo-1 uncrewed flight test, Florida Today reported Friday.

The report said Crew Dragon splashed down Friday at 8:45 a.m. Eastern time into the Atlantic Ocean, approximately 200 nautical miles off Cape Canaveral. The spacecraft lifted off six days ago aboard SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket at Kennedy Space Center, which marked the first launch of a space system built for human occupation through the Commercial Crew Program.

Dragon sent to the orbiting laboratory more than 400 pounds of cargo and a test dummy equipped with sensors built to collect data on the potential effects of space travel on astronauts that would ride in the module.

Boeing is preparing its CST-100 Starliner capsule for a similar test flight, possibly next month, the report noted.

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Written by Nichols Martin

a staff writer at Executive Mosaic, produces articles on the federal government's technology and business interests. The coverage of these articles include government contracting, cybersecurity, information technology, health care and national security.

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