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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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Was Falcon 9's launch really proof of Obama's space policy? Does SPACEX have the cash to continue? Why are some US senators attacking the company? Miles O'Brien's deep conversation with Elon Musk, founder of SPACEX, This Week in Space.
Some skywatchers have wondered whether SpaceX's recently launched private Falcon 9 rocket and mock-up Dragon capsule are widely visible from Earth. The answer, apparently, is no.
The successful liftoff of a new private rocket helps
vindicate President Barack Obama's plan to rely on commercial spaceships to
carry cargo and possibly astronauts to orbit, the rocket's millionaire owner
said.
SPACE.com's launch updates for the first SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch on June 4, 2010.
The brand new commercial Falcon 9 rocket soared into orbit
from Florida on its maiden flight Friday, the first test for a new era of
private vehicles that could one day send cargo – and possibly astronauts – into
space.
The brand new commercial Falcon 9 rocket experienced an
unexpected glitch just before liftoff during its first flight test Friday, stalling
what was to be its maiden launch.
As the era of private spaceflight takes a step forward with SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket test, here's a look at 6 companies that could launch humans into space soon.
The stakes are high for SpaceX's new private Falcon 9 rocket for its first test launch today.
A new private Falcon 9 rocket developed by an Internet millionaire is poised to make its launch debut from Florida on Friday.
The private spaceflight company SpaceX has officially set Friday as the target date for the launch debut of its new Falcon 9 rocket.
Is national hero Neil Armstrong being manipulated? SPACEX founder Elon Musk thinks it's a possibility. Two fundamentally opposing views of the path ahead in space.
The inaugural test launch of a new commercial rocket has slipped from May 28 to no earlier than June 2, according to its builder Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX).
A brand-new rocket that could one day become the first commercial spaceship to carry people to orbit is set to make its first test flight very soon, a company official said.
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The brand-new commercial Falcon 9 rocket from SpaceX, designed to haul cargo to the International Space Station, is set to make its debut launch this month.
Commercial companies are ready to take on more of the government's space needs, industry leaders said Wednesday here at the 26th National Space Symposium.
SpaceX is now targeting a May 8 launch for its first Falcon 9 rocket after a slip from April 12.
SpaceX successfully test fired the first stage engines of its new Falcon 9 rocket on Saturday, bringing booster closer to its launch debut.
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