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SpaceX readies ambitious ISS launch

California-based company SpaceX was poised to launch its Dragon capsule to the International Space Station Saturday in what may be a historic mission for private spaceflight.

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created May 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Key facts about SpaceX

Space Exploration Technologies is the first private company to attempt to send its own cargo capsule to the International Space Station and back.

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created May 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

SpaceX poised for high-stakes space station launch

SpaceX on Saturday aims to become the first private company to send its own cargo ship to the International Space Station, a feat that only a handful of world governments have pulled off.

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created May 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 5

Space shuttle arrives in NYC; crowds watch in awe (Update)

(AP) -- In a city understandably wary of low-flying aircraft, New Yorkers and tourists alike watched with joy and excitement Friday as space shuttle Enterprise sailed over the skyline on its final flight ...

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created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 4

SpaceX plans historic first flight on May 7

SpaceX confirmed it plans to launch a rocket and capsule on May 7 in a historic first flight of a private spaceship to the International Space Station.

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created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Delicate rescue saves stranded $1.7B US satellite

Air Force ground controllers delicately rescued a $1.7 billion military communications satellite last year that had been stranded in the wrong orbit and at risk of blowing up - all possibly because a piece ...

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created Mar 17, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (9) | comments 8

NASA OKs Feb. launch of private space station trip

A private California company will attempt the first-ever commercial cargo run to the International Space Station in February.

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created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (22) | comments 20

Space station's close call with junk: More to come (Update 2)

(AP) -- The near-hit of space junk Thursday was a warning shot fired across the bow of the international space station, experts said. There's likely more to come in the future. With less than an hour's notice, ...

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created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 3

Why shuttles are being retired, what's next

Thirty years of flight by NASA's space shuttles will end once Atlantis returns home from this last mission. The space agency will be looking to deeper space exploration, but the future is still somewhat unclear.

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created Jul 08, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 3

Astronauts pack up on next-to-last shuttle flight

Endeavour's astronauts took care of some last-minute space station chores Saturday before packing up to come home and end the next-to-last shuttle flight.

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created May 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Air Force launches space plane 1 day after delay

The Air Force has launched a second experimental space plane that resembles a small shuttle.

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created Mar 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 7

Image: Boeing tests parachute system for CST-100 spacecraft

The main parachutes deploy for Boeing's crew capsule during a parachute drop test on May 2, 2012. This is the second successful parachute drop test for its Crew Space Transportation (CST) spacecraft, part of Boe ...

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created May 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Space shuttle Enterprise to arrive in NY on Friday

(AP) -- Any new arrival to New York City wants to visit the sights - and the space shuttle Enterprise is no different.

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created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Air Force to launch robotic winged space plane

(AP) -- After a decade of development, the Air Force this month plans to launch a robotic spacecraft resembling a small space shuttle to conduct technology tests in orbit and then glide home to a California runway.

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created Apr 03, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (17) | comments 4

NASA to send shuttles to Fla., Calif., suburban DC (Update 2)

On a memorable day in space history, NASA began its goodbyes to the shuttle program Tuesday, announcing the aged spacecraft will retire to museums in Cape Canaveral, Los Angeles and suburban Washington and ...

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created Apr 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0