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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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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.
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.
Space tourist Dennis Tito's daring proposal to send a married couple on a 501-day space flight around the planet Mars and back.
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.
Dennis Tito's nonprofit organization may want to launch astronauts toward the Red Planet in 2018.
SpaceX's Dragon capsule will be making its second contracted supply run.
NASA's Commercial Crew Program dedicates taxpayer dollars to private companies, who may employ thousands, to re-supply and deliver crew to the International Space Station. But will it work?
The burgeoning industry should help create new technologies and bring launch costs down.
Bigelow Aerospace's BEAM expandable module will enhance the living area of the International Space Station.
NASA has signed a $17.8 million deal with Nevada-based Bigelow Aerospace for one of its expandable modules.
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