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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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The Merlin 1D has achieved flight qualification status, the company announced Wednesday.
Orbital Sciences' Antares rocket will loft a simulated payload to an altitude of about 155 miles.
Grasshopper reached an altitude of 263 feet before returning to Earth in a soft landing.
Video game moguls are pouring their fortunes into private space projects.
The rocket made its highest leap to date, 262.8 feet/80.1 meters, and landed safely on March 7th, 2013. Set to 'Ring of Fire' by Johnny Cash. Video courtesy of SpaceX
The last piece of cargo was unloaded from the Dragon space capsule today.
The Dragon capsule brought many new science experiments to the space station.
Elon Musk has tussled with the New York Times and some balky spacecraft thrusters in the past few weeks.
The unmanned Dragon space capsule linked up with the International Space Station early Sunday (March 3).
The SpaceX CRS-2 mission was successfully berthed to the International Space Station, 2 days after launch from Kennedy Space Center on March 3, 2013. The SpaceX team resolved thruster pod issues that caused a delay of the docking by one day.
The spacecraft was captured by the space station's robotic arm
SpaceX's Dragon space capsule will be captured by the space station's robot arm at 6:01 a.m. EST (1101 GMT).
Stargazers in the Southern Hemisphere have a chance of spotting SpaceX's private Dragon capsule chasing the space station.
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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.
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