SpaceX is first private company to deliver cargo to space station

Source: Lebanon Daily Star

WASHINGTON: SpaceX’s Dragon cargo vessel smells like a new car, said astronauts at the International Space Station after opening the hatches Saturday following the spacecraft’s landmark mission to the orbiting lab. The California-based SpaceX Friday beca ...
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HEY, KIDS, STAY OFF MY LAWN: NASA Asks Future Moon Visitors to Respect Its Stuff. In the next fe…

Source: Instapundit

In the next few years a slew of countries, including China, India, and Japan, are looking to put unmanned probes on the lunar surface. But more unprecedented are the 26 teams currently racing to win the Google Lunar X Prize – a contest that will a ...
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‘SpaceX capsule smells like a new car’

Source: Asian Age

SPACEX’S DRAGON cargo vessel smells like a new car, said astronauts at the International Space Station after opening the hatches on Saturday following the spacecraft’s landmark mission to the orbiting lab. The California-based SpaceX on Friday bec ...
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The Dragon has landed - capsule docks at space station

Source: Mail and Guardian

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) on Saturday opened the hatches to the SpaceX cargo vessel which arrived a day earlier on a landmark mission to the orbiting lab. “The hatches between the International Space ...
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Dragon Capsule Docks to the ISS in Historic Flight

Source: Softpedia

At 9:56 am EDT (1356 GMT) yesterday, May 25, the unmanned Dragon space capsule was grappled by the International Space Station's (ISS) Canadarm-2 robotic arm, which was operated by NASA astronaut Donald Pett ...
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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 compan ...
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Editorial: Space no longer a government program

Source: The Orange County Register

Sunrise Friday over Orange County may also have brought the dawn of a new Space Age, propelled by the money of private individuals and companies, not enormous government spending. This one small step was one giant leap for the free-m ...
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Keep Out: NASA Asks Future Moon Visitors to Respect Its Stuff

Source: Wired

The moon is about to become crowded. In the next few years a slew of countries, including China, India, and Japan, are looking to put unmanned probes on the lunar surface. But more unprecedented are the 26 teams currently racing to win the Google Lunar X ...
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Praise Pours In for SpaceX Capsule's Space Station Success

Source: Space.com

Dragon capsule attached to the Canadarm2 floats with the Earth's limb in the background, May 25, 2012. CREDIT: NASA TV The successful docking of the first commercial spacecraft ever to reach the International Space Station Friday (May 25) is drawin ...
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