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Antares Rocket Erected at Virginia Pad for Inaugural April 17 Launch – Photo Gallery

April 7, 2013

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter For the first time ever, the new and fully integrated commercial Antares rocket built by Orbital Sciences was rolled out to its oceanside launch pad on a rather chilly Saturday morning (April 6) and erected at the very edge of the [...]

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‘Alien Spaceship’ looking Dragon set for Unveiling by SpaceX this Year!

March 29, 2013

Later this year SpaceX will unveil the design of a new and upgraded version of the firm’s Dragon spacecraft that will look like “an Alien spaceship,” said Elon Musk, the CEO and Chief Designer of SpaceX, at a NASA media teleconference on Thursday, March 28. Musk announced the SpaceX plans at the briefing to mark [...]

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SpaceX Dragon Departs Station for Pacific Splashdown with Valuable Science Cargo

March 26, 2013

The SpaceX Dragon commercially developed cargo craft loaded with thousands of pounds of precious science samples has departed from the International Space Station at 6:56 a.m EDT this morning (March 26) and is heading back to Earth today for a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean at around 12:34 p.m EDT. The ISS crew commanded the [...]

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Feel the Power of a Mighty Falcon 9 Blast Off Creaming Cameras

March 5, 2013

Video: Launch of SpaceX Falcon 9 on CRS-2 mission on March 1, 2013 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Credit: Jeff Seibert/Mike Barrett/Wired4Space.com Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be standing at the base of a launch pad when a powerful rocket ignites for the heavens? It’s a question I get from many [...]

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Berth of a Dragon after Thruster Failure Recovery Establishes American Lifeline to ISS

March 3, 2013

Kennedy Space Center – After overcoming a frightening thruster failure that could have spelled rapid doom on the heels of a breathtakingly beautiful launch, the privately developed Dragon spacecraft successfully berthed at the International Space Station (ISS) a short while ago, at 8:56 a.m. EST Sunday morning, March 3, 2013 – thereby establishing an indispensable [...]

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