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If all goes well, the unmanned vehicle will rendezvous with the International Space Station on Thursday. The next day, astronauts plan to grab the capsule with the station's robotic arm. "I think we're really at the dawn of a new era for space exploration and one where there's a much bigger role for commercial companies," SpaceX founder Elon Musk said during a news briefing at the company's Hawthorne headquarters.
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