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  • The SpaceX Dragon commercial cargo craft backs away from the International Space Station's Canadarm2 robotic arm early on Tuesday, March 26, 2013, for its return to Earth. The Dragon is expected to splash down in the eastern Pacific Ocean approximately 246 miles off the coast of Baja California later in the morning. (AP Photo/NASA)

    SpaceX Dragon cargo ship leaves space station

    A privately owned cargo ship left the International Space Station with a full science load Tuesday and aimed for a splashdown in the Pacific.

  • Supply ship meets space station after shaky start

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  • SpaceX Dragon capsule is shown on the end of the International Space Station's robotic arm on Sunday, March 3, 2013. SpaceX, the California-based company founded by billionaire Elon Musk, had to struggle with the Dragon following its launch Friday from Cape Canaveral. The spacecraft is delivering more than 1 ton of supplies to the the space station. (AP Photo/NASA TV)

    Tamed Dragon supply ship arrives at space station

    A privately owned Dragon capsule arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday, delivering a ton of supplies with high-flying finesse after a shaky start to the mission.

  • SpaceX rocket launched but problem with thrusters

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  • SpaceX company fixes Dragon capsule problem

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  • Private SpaceX rocket launched to space station

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  • Space station capsule engine problem may be fixed

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  • SpaceX working to fix Dragon capsule's thrusters

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  • Space station capsule problem appears fixed

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  • FILE - In this Oct. 20, 2000 file photo, PayPal Chief Executive Officer Peter Thiel, left, and founder Elon Musk, right, pose with the PayPal logo at corporate headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif. Thiel who who co-founded PayPal and gave Facebook its first big investment now wants Silicon Valley to buy into a bigger idea: the future. Thiel is backing groups that see a future when computers will communicate directly with the human brain. Seafaring pioneers will found new floating nations in the middle of the ocean. Science will conquer aging, and death will become a curable disease. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

    EDITORIAL: Mr. Musk comes to Washington, again

    When the history of crony capitalism is written, Elon Musk will deserve a chapter to himself. Mr. Musk began his career as a risk-taker and entrepreneur, co-founding the innovative online-payment system PayPal. His latest ventures depend on taxpayers, K Street lobbyists and campaign contributions.

  • Dragon ship back on Earth after space station trip

    An unmanned Dragon freighter carrying a stash of precious medical samples from the International Space Station parachuted into the Pacific Ocean on Sunday, completing the first official shipment under a billion-dollar contract with NASA.

  • SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket successfully lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012, to take supplies to the International Space Station. (AP Photo/Florida Today, Malcolm Denemark)

    Privately owned SpaceX Dragon capsule blasts off for space station

    A commercial cargo ship rocketed into orbit Sunday in pursuit of the International Space Station, the first of a dozen supply runs under a megacontract with NASA.

  • SpaceX Dragon capsule launched to space station

    A commercial cargo ship rocketed into orbit Sunday in pursuit of the International Space Station, the first of a dozen supply runs under a mega-contract with NASA.

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