SpaceX launches 2 rockets less than 5 hours apart
SpaceX pulled off a St. Patrick's Day doubleheader, acing two Falcon 9 missions on Friday (March 17).
Hawthorne, Calif.-based Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) is a commercial company aiming to launch cargo, and eventually people, to low-Earth orbit. The firm is developing its Dragon capsule and Falcon 9 booster under contracts from NASA's Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) program and its Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program.
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