CHEEEESE IIINNN SPAAAACE!!!

Following what does appear to have been a remarkably successful and trouble-free test flight for the Dragon space capsule (on only the second flight of the Falcon 9 rocket), SpaceX has revealed what it's much-rumoured SUPER SEKRIT special payload was.

A wheel of Gruyère cheese.

We're supposed to believe this was a SpaceX in-joke reference to the Monty Python Cheese Shop Sketch. But I'm not entirely convinced, and cannot help but picture Elon Musk stroking his white fluffy cat whilst SpaceX boffins (escorted by boiler-suited guards) explain that Phase 1 of Operation Sky Cheese has gone according to plan...