Final frontier's golden spike

Source: collectSPACE

May 26, 2012 / 6:10 p.m. CT (2310 GMT) : Don Pettit, who became the first to enter the Dragon on Saturday, compared the arrival of the private cargo spacecraft at the International Space Station to the golden spike that was used to complete the firs ...
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BC Company Becomes First Official Producer and Distributor of Replica SpaceX Spacecraft

Source: PRWeb

Space X is a great company to work with and we are very happy for their success this morning as they ushered in a new era of space exploration. Less than an hour after Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) made spaceflight history by becomin ...
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Book on Obama tells of pot-smoking days

Source: United Press International

President Barack Obama shakes hands and congratulates a cadet at the U.S. Air Force Academy graduation ceremony at Falcon Stadium in Colorado Springs, May 23, 2012. UPI/Marc Piscotty. License photo WASHINGTON, May 26 ...
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Birds of a feather flock to Etobicoke

Source: Toronto Sun

This red-wing blackbird repeatedly dive-bombed a red-tailed hawk Saturday adding a little feathered lustre to a demonstration in Etobicoke Saturday (VERONICA HENRI/Toronto Sun). TORONTO - A red-wing blackbird who dive-bo ...
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[Video] ISS Astronauts Climb Aboard the SpaceX Dragon Capsule

Source: ReadWriteWeb

The main purpose of the flight was to demonstrate that the Dragon capsule and the Falcon 9 rocket that delivered it were capable of reaching the station. SpaceX plans to begin regular cargo missions this year. The Dragon capsule is capable of accommod ...
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Astronauts enter world's first private supply ship

Source: Tampa Bay Online

Space station astronauts floated into the Dragon on Saturday, a day after its heralded arrival as the world's first commercial supply ship. NASA astronaut Donald Pettit, the first one inside the docked capsule, sai ...
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CLASS L BASEBALL: East Haven coughs up five-run lead, falls to Avon in qualifying round

Source: New Haven Register

AVON — The 34th-seeded East Haven baseball team took a 5-0 lead in Saturday’s Class L state tournament qualifying-round game against No. 31 Avon, but couldn’t stave off the Falcons and ...
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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 hi ...
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Remains of San Pedro woman on SpaceX rocket

Source: Fresno Bee

SAN PEDRO, Calif. -- When "Star Trek" fan Allyson Genest requested that her cremated remains be sent into space, she never imagined that her ashes would share the same rocket as those of James Doohan, who played Sco ...
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