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SpaceX launches rocket to International Space Station
Space Exploration Technologies is vying to be the first private company to send a spacecraft to the International Space Station, and its mission got off to a successful start with a launch this morning. A Dragon spacecraft launched from the company's...
Tags: Companies and Corporations, NASA, Medical Procedures and Tests, Business Enterprises, Cape Canaveral
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SpaceX pushes back the final frontier
If all goes as planned, sometime this morning a spacecraft will blast off from its launchpad in Cape Canaveral, Fla., and ride a fiery plume of contrails upward through the pre-dawn darkness to begin a two-week journey to the International Space Station...
Tags: Science, Virgin Group, Ltd., Tom Hanks, Mutual Funds, Air Transportation Industry
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Rocket launch set for Tuesday at Wallops will be visible for most of Mid-Atlantic
If skies are clear and all goes well Tuesday evening, observers throughout Maryland and much of the Mid-Atlantic region should be able to watch a big rocket launch from Virginia's Wallops Island. The Air Force will attempt to launch a battlefield imaging...Tags: Federal Aviation Administration, Media Industry, Cape Canaveral, Employees, NASA
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Minotaur rocket launches ... finally
Maryland WeatherOrbital Sciences Corp. finally got its Minotaur 1 rocket (below, left) off the ground at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility yesterday evening. It carried an Air Force TacSat-3 technology satellite, a NASA biotech satellite and three other 'birds' to orbit....Tags: Mount Airy, NASA, YouTube, Fells Point, Space Programs
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Space plane due in '08, NASA contractors told
Orlando SentinelWASHINGTON - NASA has formally notified the three contractors working on the orbital space plane project that the agency wants the companies to push toward a new deadline of 2008. When the project was proposed late last year, the plan was to have a...Tags: Boeing Co., Aerospace Manufacturing, NASA, Lockheed Martin Corp., Contracts
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Space shuttle loss hurts Lockheed, other NASA stocks
Sun StaffAs NASA continued to investigate the shuttle Columbia's disintegration and ponder the future of the nation's manned space program, Wall Street seemed to draw its own conclusion yesterday and punished stocks of the shuttle's manufacturers - along with...Tags: Boeing Co., Fairfax (Fairfax, Virginia), Science, Aerospace Manufacturing, Rockwell Automation Inc.
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Back on Earth, SpaceX planning more private flights to space
SpaceX, the upstart Hawthorne company that shot a capsule to the International Space Station and back this week, won't have much time to savor its first major success. It must now ready its Dragon spacecraft with life-support systems to ferry...Tags: Fuel-efficient Vehicles, SpaceX, Pacific Ocean, Companies and Corporations, Heavy Engineering
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SpaceX capsule lands, ending historic mission
Los Angeles Times (MCT)LOS ANGELES -- About 563 miles west of Baja California, SpaceX's Dragon space capsule successfully splashed down after spending nine days in outer space. When the unmanned cone-shaped capsule hit the water at 11:42 a.m. EDT Thursday, it marked the end...Tags: Companies and Corporations, NASA, Cape Canaveral, Space Programs, Port of Long Beach
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UPDATE 5-SpaceX Dragon capsule splashes down after successful test flight
Reuters* First private spaceship to reach space station * Capsule splashed down in Pacific Ocean * SpaceX founder Elon Musk "overwhelmed with joy" By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., May 31 (Reuters) - The first privately developed ship to travel to the...Tags: Port of Los Angeles, NASA, Oceans, Bodies of Water, Trips and Vacations
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ACTUALIZA 1-Cápsula SpaceX Dragon cae al mar tras exitoso vuelo
Reuters* Primera nave privada que llega a la estación espacial * Cápsula ameriza en el océano Pacífico (Actualiza con detalles, información y citas) Por Irene Klotz CABO CAÑAVERAL, Estados Unidos, 31 mayo (Reuters) - La primera nave desarrollada de...Tags: NASA, Space Programs, Satellite Technology, SpaceX
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SpaceX capsule completes historic mission
About 563 miles west of Baja California, SpaceX's Dragon space capsule successfully splashed down after spending nine days in outer space.
When the unmanned cone-shaped capsule hit the water at 8:42 a.m. Pacific time Thursday, it marked the end of a...Tags: Companies and Corporations, NASA, Cape Canaveral, Space Programs, Port of Long Beach
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SpaceX Dragon capsule heading back to Earth
Reuters* Capsule due to splash down in Pacific Ocean on Thursday * Completed successful test flight * First private spaceship to reach space station By Irene and Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., May 31 (Reuters) - Astronauts aboard the International Space Station...Tags: NASA, Oceans, Bodies of Water, Vehicles, Space Programs
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