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SpaceX, Dragon Capsule & Falcon 9: Latest News
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.
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Astronaut Garrett Reisman has quit NASA to join up-and-coming private space company SpaceX.
A private spaceflight company headed by a real-life Iron Man makes a list of the most innovative companies.
Commercial spaceflight company SpaceX and electric carmaker Tesla Motors teamed up to offer a behind-the-scenes glimpse of some of their products.
The Competitive Space Task Force argues that NASA needs to leave low-Earth orbit to private companies.
A privately funded team hoping to win a multimillion-dollar race to the moon has figured out how it's going to get most of the way there — aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
Rising stars in the private spaceflight realm are drawing NASA's eye for future partners.
Now that SpaceX has successfully demonstrated its Dragon capsule, the commercial spaceflight company is looking ahead to another big step forward: outfitting Dragon to carry astronauts.
From private spaceflights, to NASA missions to the moon, Mars and beyond, here's a preview of coming attractions in U.S. spaceflight for 2011.
Next year looks to be full of milestones for the burgeoning commercial spaceflight industry.
This year was a big one for spaceflight, with governmental agencies and the private sector alike marking many key milestones.
Last week, I traveled down to Cape Canaveral to cover the launch of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon space capsule, and witnessed the future of American spaceflight.
After the first successful launch and recovery of SpaceX’s Dragon capsule on Wednesday (Dec. 8), the commercial spaceflight company is looking forward to an ambitious future.
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SpaceX has plenty to celebrate today, after the successful completion of a milestone test flight for the company's unmanned Dragon space capsule.
Experts respond to the success of SpaceX's inaugural Dragon spaceflight.
See photos from the historic launch of SpaceX’s first Dragon spacecraft on Dec. 8.
Almost immediately after commercial rocket company SpaceX launched its Dragon spaceship for the first time this morning (Dec. 8), the Twitterverse was abuzz with the news.
Private rocket company SpaceX has launched its Dragon space capsule on its inaugural test flight atop its commercial Falcon 9 rocket.
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