"Shuttle successor" achieves orbit

Alan Boyle at MSNBC posts a story about the launch of Falcon 9, which achieved orbit Friday in an historic flight that delivered a mock up of SpaceX's "Dragon" capsule to orbit. A private sector replacement for the Shuttle, it could be taking cargo to the ISS in a year, and humans, perhaps, in three.

Video of the launch may be seen here.

Wayne

Image credit: SpaceX