What day of the week was December 8, 2010?

The day of the week December 8th, 2010 fell on was a Wednesday.

There were 17 days until Christmas. Muharram/Islamic New Year for Muslim people.

With the second launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 and the first launch of the SpaceX Dragon the SpaceX becomes the first private company to successfully launch, orbit and recover a spacecraft.