The first company to fly to the International Space Station has begun its first mission to deliver cargo to the orbiting lab as part of a $1.6 billion contract with the U.S. space agency NASA. The Falcon9 rocket built by California-based SpaceX lifted off from Cape Canaveral in the southeastern U.S. state of Florida late […]
SpaceX Begins 1st Cargo Delivery Mission to Space Station
Posted October 7th, 2012 at 9:35 pm (UTC-5)
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SpaceX ‘Dragon’ Launch Set for Sunday
Posted October 6th, 2012 at 10:25 pm (UTC-5)
Engineers at Cape Canaveral, Florida are making final preparations for another launch of the world’s first privately-owned space cargo ship, on a mission to resupply the International Space Station. Liftoff of the unmanned SpaceX Dragon cargo ship is set for 8:35 p.m. Sunday, with forecasters predicting a 60-percent chance of acceptable launch weather. In May, […]
SpaceX ‘Dragon’ Launch Set for Sunday
Posted October 6th, 2012 at 8:10 pm (UTC-5)
Engineers at Cape Canaveral, Florida are making final preparations for another launch of the world’s first privately-owned space cargo ship, on a mission to resupply the International Space Station. Liftoff of the unmanned SpaceX Dragon cargo ship is set for 0135 hours UTC Sunday, with forecasters predicting a 60 percent chance of acceptable launch weather. […]
