Astronauts to spend Memorial Day unpacking private space capsule

Source: MSNBC

When NASA's space shuttle fleet retires in 2011, the space agency will have to rely on Russian spacecraft and the private sector to taxi cargo and humans to and from the International Space Station, even as it turns its focus to the ...
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Moondust and zero-gravity memories? So far they remain promises

Source: Bakersfield.com

But some industry watchers are concerned that the hype sometimes flies higher than the spaceships themselves. That's not to say the private space race isn't hugely significant. It is. Even critics agree there's a revolution unde ...
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Dragon's docking makes space history

Source: Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. Â The private company SpaceX made history Friday with the docking of its Dragon capsule to the International Space Station, the most impressive feat yet in turning routine spaceflight over to the commercial s ...
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Astronauts Enter SpaceX Capsule

Source: Wall Street Journal

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Private Space Run Makes History

Source: Wall Street Journal

The aerospace industry reached a milestone Friday, when Space Exploration Technologies Corp. became the first private company to dock a spacecraft with the International Space Station, some 240 miles abo ...
Full article at: Wall Street Journal  More like this  1 day ago, 8:18pm CDT

Where is space?

Source: Planetary Society Blog

Ask a four-year-old "Where is space?" and they will likely reply "Up there!" Look in the Outer Space Treaty or virtually any other US law relating to space for a definition of "where is space?" and you're not going to do much better than the four-year- ...
Full article at: Planetary Society Blog  More like this  3 days ago, 11:26am CDT

SpaceX Launch: Supplies for NASA, and Maybe a New Era

Source: ABC News

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket safely launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station before dawn today, carrying a Dragon capsule with 1,000 pounds of supplies for the International Space Station -- and, much more important, the hopes for a new way o ...
Full article at: ABC News  More like this  5 days ago, 10:54am CDT