SpaceX launches Dragon capsule into orbit
SpaceX successfully launched its Dragon capsule into Earth orbit Wednesday morning, the company's first step in becoming a cargo supplier to NASA's International Space Station .
The FAA has issued its first license permitting the reentry to earth of a privately developed spacecraft to the Space Exploration Technologies Corp. The Space X Dragon space capsule will launch atop their Falcon 9 rocket on December 7 and return to earth.