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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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May 22, 2012 |
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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.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 18, 2012 |
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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.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 17, 2012 |
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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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Apr 25, 2012 |
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Dragon expected to set historic course
(Phys.org) -- The upcoming launch of a SpaceX spacecraft and rocket on a demonstration flight to the International Space Station is expected to cross a key milestone on the path to operational, commercial ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 12, 2012 |
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Future NASA mission to sun 'a life's dream' for some
The chest-high rack of electronics Justin Kasper is assembling in a Massachusetts office park will fit in a shoe box before he's done.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 16, 2012 |
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NRL's SoloHI instrument selected for flight on solar orbiter mission
The Naval Research Laboratory's Solar Orbiter Heliospheric Imager (SoloHI), part of the Solar Orbiter mission, is headed for space. The European Space Agency (ESA) has chosen the Solar Orbiter mission as the ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 24, 2012 |
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Air Force launches military satellite into space
(AP) -- The Air Force has sent into space a satellite that is expected to improve communications with military drones in the Middle East and Southeast Asia.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 20, 2012 |
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NASA twin spacecraft GRAIL on final approach for moon orbit
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's twin spacecraft to study the moon from crust to core are nearing their New Year's Eve and New Year's Day main-engine burns to place the duo in lunar orbit.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 28, 2011 |
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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.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 09, 2011 |
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NASA in high gear for Mars rover launch
The US space agency is poised to launch the most powerful and advanced robotic rover ever built to explore Mars and hunt for signs that life may once have existed on the red planet.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 26, 2011 |
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Mars science laboratory launch milestones
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Mars Science Laboratory is tucked inside its Atlas V rocket, ready for launch on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The Nov. 26 launch window ...
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Nov 24, 2011 |
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NASA rover launch to Mars delayed to Nov 26
The US space agency has postponed by one day its plan to launch the biggest rover ever to Mars, with the liftoff of the Mars Science Laboratory now set for November 26.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 21, 2011 |
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NASA ready for November launch of car-size Mars rover
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's most advanced mobile robotic laboratory, which will examine one of the most intriguing areas on Mars, is in final preparations for a launch from Florida's Space Coast at 10:25 a.m. ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 10, 2011 |
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Mars Science Laboratory meets its match in Florida
(PhysOrg.com) -- In preparation for launch later this year, the "back shell powered descent vehicle" configuration containing NASA's Mars Science Laboratory rover, Curiosity, has been placed on the spacecraft's ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 06, 2011 |
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