SpaceX, a California company, had tested their Falcon 9 rocket and capsule successfully back in November 2010. Now they are planning a docking of their new Dragon capsule aboard the International Space Station (ISS) in December of this year, 2011. The Falcon Heavy rocket will launch on November 30th, and the capsule will then take a week long tour around the planet before docking on the ISS.
Following the shutdown of the shuttle program, the ISS will need another way to receive supplies. This is SpaceX's mission, to provide an alternative to sending supplies, satellites, and people into space. Being the only alternative to Russian Soyuz missions to get people into orbit, SpaceX is sure to make enormous profits.
SpaceX also stated that their Dragon capsule is far safer than the former shuttle program, "astronauts flying on Dragon will be considerably safer." I do hope this is true. There has been far to many shuttle disasters to date.
Eavesdropper
