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

March 29, 2013

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter 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 [...]

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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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SpaceX Commercial Rocket Poised for March 1 Blast Off to ISS

March 1, 2013

Kennedy Space Center – All systems are GO and the weather outlook looks spectacular for the March 1 blast off of the privately developed SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station (ISS). The Falcon 9 is slated to lift off at 10:10 AM EST with a Dragon capsule loaded with fresh supplies and [...]

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Private Test Pilots to Fly 1st Commercial Crewed Space Flights for NASA

January 13, 2013

Image Caption: Dream Chaser commercial crew vehicle built by Sierra Nevada Corp docks at ISS Commercial test pilots, not NASA astronauts, will fly the first crewed missions that NASA hopes will at last restore America’s capability to blast humans to Earth orbit from American soil – perhaps as early as 2015 – which was totally [...]

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