SpaceX: Space Station crew likes what it sees in new transport vehicle

Source: Christian Science Monitor

The crew of the International Space Station got its first look at the inside of its newest visitor – Space Exploration Technologies Corporation's Dragon cargo ship – Saturday morning and pronounced it a keeper. The craft made aerospace history Fri ...
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Europe's ATV-3 Spacecraft to Raise Space Station Orbit

Source: GlobalSecurity.org

MOSCOW, May 26 (RIA Novosti) - Two main engines of European Space Agency’s ATV-3 space freighter will be switched on early on Saturday to readjust the orbit of the International Space Station (ISS), Russian Mission Control said. The engines ...
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Destroying the Internet, Dragon Capsule in Space, Execs on the Run and More... [The Best Stories Of The Week]

Source: Gizmodo

This week was a busy week! Whether it's Facebook's stock concerns, the real story of the McAfee executive on the run, Space X's Dragon Capsule making it to the ISS or a hypothetical look at how to destroy the internet, there's no shortag ...
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Private Dragon Spacecraft Is 'Golden Spike' of Final Frontier, Astronaut Says

Source: Space.com

Room for three (or more) NASA astronauts Don Pettit (right) and Joe Acaba (left) with European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Andre Kuipers wave from inside SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft, now attached to the International Space Station CREDIT: NASA HOUSTON — ...
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Station astronauts enjoy 'new car smell' of SpaceX cargo craft

Source: CNET

Space station astronauts opened up the newly arrived SpaceX cargo ship early Saturday, kicking off a busy few days of work to unload the commercial spacecraft. Running well ahead of schedule,the International Sp ...
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Astronauts: SpaceX Dragon Has That ‘New Car Smell’

Source: Mashable

Like Tweet +1 Share Pin It Share A day after the unmanned SpaceX Dragon spacecraft berthed with the International Space Station and made aerospace history, NASA astronaut Donald Pettit was the first man inside the cargo-filled vessel ...
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ISS Astronauts Open SpaceX Capsule

Source: My Fox Memphis

(NewsCore) - Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) opened the hatches to the SpaceX Dragon capsule Saturday, marking the start of several days of unloading supplies from the vessel. "The ha ...
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Video Shows Ariane V Rocket Booster Test in South America

Source: Softpedia

The Ariane V delivery system is arguably the most reliable rocket in the world, having experienced no total failures in more than 60 missions. Yet, engineers at Arianespace, the company manufacturing the vehicle, and the European ...
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SpaceX's Dragon makes historic space station dock

Source: NDTV

SpaceX on Friday became the first commercial outfit to send its own cargo capsule to the International Space Station, heralding the start of a new era for private spaceflight. The berthing marked the climax of the California-based ...
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