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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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Skywatchers can see the private spacecraft chase down the International Space Station over the next few nights.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the private Dragon cargo ship at 8:35 p.m. ET on Sunday (Oct. 7).
The tasty astronaut treat is launching on SpaceX's private Dragon cargo ship on Sunday (Oct. 7).
The space debris may mean it takes SpaceX's private Dragon space capsule longer to reach the station.
The launch window opens on October 7th, 2012 at 8:35pm, with second and third opportunities for launch on Oct. 8 and 9. NASA launch weather officer Mike McAleenan gives the latest weather update on October 6.
Protein crystallography experiments in microgravity could lead to breakthroughs for big pharmaceuticals. SpaceX's cargo missions to the ISS are not only a re-supply mission but has the added benefit of bringing up more of these types of experiments.
SpaceX will launch the first private cargo mission to the space station on Oct. 7.
The company's Dragon capsule is slated to blast off Sunday evening.
See inside SpaceX's private Dragon space capsule and Falcon 9 rockets.
Elon Musk and NASA chief Charles Bolden will discuss SpaceX's Oct. 7 launch today at 1 p.m. ET.
Can you find the lucky shamrock in SpaceX's Dragon space capsule mission patch?
Viewers in Florida have a chance to see a spectacular night launch this weekend.
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket test-fired its engines on Sept. 29 for its planned Oct. 7 launch.
Orbital Sciences' Antares rocket will begin a series of tests at the pad in four or five weeks.
In preparation for the first official commercial cargo flight to the Space Station (full cargo load - first SpaceX flight to ISS was a test flight), the Falcon 9 Merlin engines were fired at full power for 2 seconds in a captive 'hold down' test.
See photos of SpaceX's launch preparations for its first official cargo run to the space station.
On Friday, September 21, 2012, SpaceX's Grasshopper vertical takeoff and landing test vehicle (VTVL) took its first test flight hop from the company's rocket testing facility in McGregor, Texas.
The Republican nominee says he'll secure the nation's leadership position in space.
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