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The Shuttle & SpaceX

sjurvetson | June 25, 2009

The Shuttle is glorious after midnight awaiting a big adventure... A complicated design... Lifts with a thunderous roar... SRB Separation is visible to the naked eye... and the payload joins the ISS... As the Shuttle is retiring from operation, SpaceX is gearing up to service the space station and other orbital launch needs: Here you can see the music video of their first launch to orbit.

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