SpaceX Update: COTS Demonstration Flight 1 (with photos) “On September 15th we completed a successful wet dress rehearsal (WDR) which involved rolling the rocket out to the pad, loading it […]
Dragon
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An Inside Look at Dragon
SpaceX targets Nov. 8 launch for Falcon 9 and Dragon, Ken Kremer (with photos) “SpaceX Corporation is retargeting the liftoff of the firm’s next Falcon 9 rocket to early November. […]
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Dazed and Confused on "The Hill"
Can We Turn Over America’s Space Program to a “Space Cadet”?, Pete Fenn, The Hill “But SpaceX may be even scarier — a venture that risks a major program. The […]
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Dragon Tests Its Parachutes
SpaceX Conducts Dragon Parachute Test (Photos and Video) “SpaceX recently completed its first Dragon high altitude drop test and it was 100% successful! The purpose of the test was to […]
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SpaceX Begins Training ISS Crews for Dragon Ops
SpaceX Hosts Preliminary Training for NASA ISS Astronauts in Preparation for Dragon Spacecraft Rendezvous and Station Berthing “Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) recently conducted its first Dragon spacecraft operations training for […]
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Dragon Is About To Fly While Orion Is Still on Paper
SpaceX hopes to launch first manned commercial rocket, Orlando Sentinel “Asked what bugs them most about NASA outsourcing the job of flying crew to the International Space Station, some astronauts […]