SpaceX Employees Watch Dragon Launch
SpaceX employees at the company's headquarters in Hawthorne, Calif. watch the unmanned Dragon capsule blast off toward the International Space Station on Oct. 7, 2012.
Dragon Streaks into the Sky
SpaceX's unmanned Dragon capsule rises into the Florida sky on the night of Oct. 7, 2012.
SpaceX's Dragon Capsule Rises off the Pad
SpaceX's robotic Dragon capsule lifts off the pad atop the company's Falcon 9 rocket on Oct. 7, 2012, kicking off the first-ever bona fide supply run for a private American spaceship.
SpaceX Employee Watches CRS-1 Launch
SpaceX employee watching from Hawthorne HQ from Oct. 7, 2012.
How SpaceX's Dragon Space Capsule Works (Infographic)
A look inside the SpaceX Dragon capsule and its Falcon 9 rocket.
Space Dragon Mission Patch
The official insignia for SpaceX's first NASA-contracted resupply mission to the International Space Station, CRS-1.
SpaceX Dragon Commercial Cargo Craft
The SpaceX Dragon commercial cargo craft is grappled by the International Space Station's Canadarm2 robotic arm. This image was taken Oct. 10, 2012.
SpaceX Dragon Commercial Cargo Craft
Working from the robotics workstation inside the seven-windowed Cupola, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Aki Hoshide, Expedition 33 flight engineer, with the assistance of NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, commander, captured Dragon at 6:56 a.m. (EDT) and used the robotic arm to berth Dragon to the Earth-facing port of the Harmony node Oct. 10, 2012
SpaceX Dragon Berted to International Space Station's Harmony Node
The SpaceX Dragon commercial cargo craft is berthed to the Earth-facing side of the International Space Station's Harmony node. This image was taken Oct. 10, 2012.
ISS Crew at the Robotics Workstation
NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, Expedition 33 commander; and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Aki Hoshide, flight engineer, work the controls at the robotics workstation in the International Space Station's seven-windowed Cupola during the rendezvous and berthing of the SpaceX Dragon commercial cargo craft on Oct. 10, 2012.
