Los
Angeles Times: Space Exploration Technologies Corp, or
SpaceX, recently received the
Federal Aviation Administration's first-ever commercial license
to reenter a spacecraft from Earth orbit. The privately owned
company needed the certification before its scheduled 7
December maiden launch of the Dragon space capsule, which is
being designed to carry cargo and crew for NASA. The Dragon
capsule is also being considered for the job of ferrying
astronauts to and from the International Space Station after
the space shuttle program ends in 2011, according to W. J.
Hennigan of the
Los Angeles Times.
