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SpaceX Falcon 9/Dragon Test Flight (December 8, 2010)

June 16, 2016 Spaceflight Now

Watch a Falcon 9 rocket lift off from Cape Canaveral on December 8, 2010, at 10:43 a.m. EST (1543 GMT) on the COTS (Commercial Orbital Transportation Services) Demo Flight 1. It was the first test flight of the Dragon cargo ship.