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SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Flies Safely. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket roared successfully into the sky from Cape Canaveral this morning, carrying a stubby spacecraft called Dragon. Three hours later, Dragon splashed down in the Pacific Ocean -- the first privately-owned ship ever to return safely from earth orbit. It was just mind-blowingly awesome, said Elon Musk, the Internet entrepreneur who founded SpaceX with money he made from the sale of PayPal.