Rocket: Falcon 9
Cargo: Dragon (CRS 1)
Launch Date: Oct. 7, 2012
Launch Time: 8:35 p.m. EDT (0035 GMT)
ISS Grapple: Oct. 10, 2012 @ 1056 GMT
ISS Departure: Oct. 28, 2012 @ 1326 GMT
Splashdown: Oct. 28, 2012 @ 1920 GMT
Launch Site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
Landing Site: Pacific Ocean

Rendezvous diagram

Countdown timeline

Launch timeline

Dragon return cargo

Dragon launch cargo

Countdown rehearsal

Falcon 9 background

Dragon background

Falcon archive

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