The year 2012 saw a number of significant events in spaceflight. In May and October the first Commercial Orbital Transportation Services resupply missions took place during which the SpaceX Dragon became the first private spacecraft to dock with the International Space Station (ISS). In June China launched the manned Shenzhou 9 orbital mission and North Korea achieved its first successful orbital launch in December.
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