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 be ...
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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 ...
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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 Station ...
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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 company's d ...
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Dragon docking makes history

Source: Arkansas Online

NASASnared by the International Space Station’s 58-foot robot arm, SpaceX’s Dragon capsule successfully docked with the orbiting outpost Friday. The docking was the first time a commercial enterprise has delivered supplies to the station. ...
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What SpaceX's Dragon Brought to the International Space Station

Source: Tested

The full manifest of SpaceX's test capsule includes 670 pounds of food. "Go for capture." With those three words, SpaceX's Dragon capsule became the first privately launched spacecraft authorized to berth with the International Space St ...
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Dragon's flight heralds new era for space, Fla.

Source: Orlando Sentinel

It doesn't rank up there with other spaceflight milestones — first man in orbit, landing on the moon — but Friday's midday linkup between the SpaceX Dragon capsule and the International Space Station was huge — a historic a ...
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Dragon makes history, berths with International Space Station

Source: Planetary Society Blog

“Houston, Station; looks like we got us a Dragon by the tail.” With those words, NASA astronaut Don Pettit confirmed that SpaceX’s Dragon capsule had made spaceflight history by becoming the first commercial vehicle to ...
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First Commercial Craft Reaches Space Station

Source: Sky News

SpaceX's Dragon is on track to become the first privately-owned vessel to visit the International Space Station 4:46pm UK, Friday May 25, 2012 The world's first commercial spacecraft has arrived at the International Space Station ...
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