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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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