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May 22 2012, 1:56am CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Commercial Space company SpaceX is trying again today to fly a spacecraft to the ISS. The Falcon 9 / Dragon COTS 2 demonstration mission is the first flight of a private company to the ISS. This is...
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SpaceX Falcon 9 with Dragon spacecraft has launched and is on its way to orbit.

Source: Daily Breeze
The countdown of the SpaceX launch is still going. Less than 5 minutes until the historic launch takes place.
The SpaceX launch is less than 10 minutes away. The final launch countdown is underway. Watch the live SpaceX rocket launch here.

All systems of the SpaceX launch are still showing green. Today we only see the launch of Dragon into orbit. The docking of Dragon to the ISS is still more than 3 days away. There will be tons of testing of Dragon performed in the time until the ISS rendezvous.
The SpaceX Falcon 9 / Dragon COTS 2 mission launch is 25 minutes away and all systems show green. Do not miss to watch the live SpaceX webcast here.
The SpaceX crew has launched the webcast. Right now the hosts of the webcast go over the failed launch of May 19.
The launch of Dragon 9 is 36 minutes away.
Commercial Space company SpaceX is trying again today to fly a spacecraft to the ISS. The Falcon 9 / Dragon COTS 2 demonstration mission is the first flight of a private company to the ISS. This is huge and not easy as SpaceX had already two failed launches. I am a big fan of Elon Musk and his endeavors that include besides SpaceX also the cool electric car company Tesla - the man is on a mission and uses is PayPal riches for exciting project that bring mankind forward.
Will every little valve work this time? Watch for yourself in the SpaceX webcast launching at 3am ET. We will update this real-time story below with the highlights.
Watch the SpaceX webcast here.
Luigi Lugmayr
Luigi Lugmayr (Google) is the founding chief Editor of I4U News and brings over 15 years
experience in the technology field to the ever evolving and exciting
world of gadgets. He started I4U News back in 2000 and evolved it into
vibrant technology magazine.
Luigi can be contacted directly at ml@i4u.com.
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