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"The Falcon 9 rocket carrying the SpaceX Dragon capsule has launched successfully at 3:44 AM ET. \nDragon has separated and the solar arrays have deployed, SpaceX has announced.\nWith this achievement, SpaceX is the first commercial company in history to successfully launch a spacecraft towards the International Space Station.\n\"The significance of this day cannot be overstated. While there is a lot of work ahead to successfully complete this mission, we are off to a good start,\" said NASA Administrator Charles Bolden.\n\"For us, it was like winning the Super Bowl,\" said Elon Musk, the founder, CEO and chief designer of SpaceX. \n\n\n\nThe GNC door on the Dragon is fully open and secured. All systems are performing well.\u2014 Johnson Space Center (@NASA_Johnson) May 22, 2012\n\n\n\nThe historic launch comes after several delays at the last second. If everything goes as planned, the Dragon capsule should dock with the ISS in three days. \nAfter that, the Dragon will remain connected to the station for about three weeks while the astronauts empty it and load used scientific equipment from the ISS for the return to Earth.\nWatch the live stream/replay of the launch below. \n    Stream videos at Ustream\n      window._msla=window.loadScriptAsync||function(src,id){if(document.getElementById(id))return;var js=document.createElement('script');js.id=id;js.src=src;document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0].parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);};\n_msla(\"//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\",\"twitter_jssdk\");"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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