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Space Tourism: The Latest News, Features and Photos
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The issue with Dragon's thrusters imperiled its mission to the space station.
SpaceX's second Space Station re-supply mission (CRS-2) lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center on March 1st, 2013 at 10:10am EST.
The unmanned SpaceX Dragon capsule will carry cargo to the orbiting laboratory.
SpaceX launched its Dragon space capsule March 1 toward the International Space Station.
The X-15 test program offers lessons for the emerging suborbital spaceflight industry.
Both NASA and SpaceX will provide live launch coverage during the Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule launch today (March 1).
SpaceX, founded by Elon Musk, regularly delivers payloads to the International Space Station.
A private, unmanned spacecraft is scheduled to launch to the International Space Station today.
Rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars is launching an album to space for a NASA astronaut.
Already tested as a cargo carrier, the Dragon spacecraft can also be fitted out to shuttle passengers to low orbit and to the International Space Station.
See photos of SpaceX's second Dragon space capsule to haul cargo to the International Space Station in March 2013.
Commercial vehicles will have to be much safer than the space shuttle, experts say.
The weather is looking good in preparation for Friday's rocket launch.
In the last year, private companies have unveiled asteroid mining projects, space rock sentinels and more.
Two Canadian adventure-tour companies will add space to their list of destinations.
SpaceX's Falcon 9 executed a "static fire" engine test to prep for Friday's launch of the Dragon capsule.
Two patches have been released for the upcoming March 1 launch of the SpaceX Dragon capsule.
The Antares rocket built by Orbital Sciences Corp., will launch unmanned Cygnus cargo ships to the International Space Station.
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