Boldly going where no private company has gone before

In May 25, 2012 the first commercial spacecraft berthed with the International Space Station.

A private company achieved something only national agencies have ever done before: an orbital payload delivery.

With private companies launching their own spaceships and designing their own orbital stations, it’s the dawn of commercial spacefaring. We talk to people involved in that development and we explore the world’s first commercial spaceport.