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SpaceX, Dragon Capsule & Falcon 9: Latest News

An artist's illustration of SpaceX's Dragon space capsule in Earth orbit.

Hawthorne, Calif.-based Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) is a commercial company aiming to launch cargo, and eventually people, to low-Earth orbit. The firm is developing its Dragon capsule and Falcon 9 booster under contracts from NASA's Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) program and its Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program.

The Progress 47 cargo vessel will dock at the orbiting lab on Sunday.
SpaceX's Dragon capsule is slated to blast off on April 30.
SpaceX's Dragon capsule is due to make the first private launch to the space station later this month.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says his company's ultimate objective is Mars.
Re-usable rockets, Space Station deliveries and missions to Mars are part of the vision for commercial space pioneer and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. The rocket mogul talks about his company's far reaching Space goals.
Musk appeared on the hit Comedy Central talk show this week.
SpaceX may one day launch rockets from its own Texas spaceport.
Fifty people will be selected to attend a two-day event leading up to the April 30 launch.
The independent advisory panel will help SpaceX design a safe human spaceflight system.
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SpaceX's Dragon is set to make its first trip to the International Space Station next month.
SpaceX chief Elon Musk is laying the foundation for a revolution, and he'd like some support from luminaries like Neil Armstrong
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The billionaire entrepreneur discusses his ambitious future plans on CBS' "60 Minutes."
The test flight is a critical step for the private spaceflight industry.
The launches of two privately-built space capsules to the International Space Station will occur later this year.
The launch readiness test of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule went well, officials said.
A federal space official wants to double the number of commercial launches every year through 2019.