Commercial Space: What Role Is It Ready For?, Scott Horowitz, Space News “For instance, Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has conducted five launches of its simple Falcon 1, four of which […]
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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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Falcon 9 First Stage Fired – Twice
SpaceX Successfully Completes First Stage 9-Engine Rocket Firing “Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) successfully conducted two static firings of the first stage, nine engine cluster for its Falcon 9 launch vehicle. […]
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Commercial Crew Services Also Have The Right Stuff
Commercial Spaceflight: All Systems Go, Wall Street Journal (by Buzz Aldrin, Ken Bowersox, Jake Garn, Robert Gibson, Hank Hartsfield, John Herrington, Byron Lichtenberg, John Lounge, Rick Searfoss, Norman Thagard, Kathryn […]
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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 […]
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SpaceX Falcon Launch Vehicle Unveiled in Washington D.C.
SpaceXÂ held a reception this evening at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC. Several hundred quests were in attendance.