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Congratulations SpaceX! May 25, 2012, 12:02 EDT – Remember That Date

See that image? That’s a NASA TV image of the SpaceX Dragon capsule successfully berthed at the International Space Station (ISS), which occurred at 12:02 EDT today. The history books may well mark this as the moment the commercial space … Continue reading

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Congratulations SpaceX! Falcon 9 Launch Good, Dragon In Orbit!

And that is how you do that. The launch abort Saturday morning was disappointing, but as I said, it was a successful failure. The abort process worked, the rocket was safed, and they were able to troubleshoot the issue, resolve … Continue reading

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SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch Abort A Successful Failure

If you, like myself, stayed up last night to watch the SpaceX COTS 2+ Mission, aka Falcon 9 Flight 3, launch to the ISS you were probably disappointed by the last minute launch abort. For those of you who didn’t … Continue reading

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Rockets, Rockets, Rockets – SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch To ISS 04:55ET This Morning!

There’s been some rocket-related activity while I was quiet. NASA continues the test program on the J-2X as part of the work for the planned Space Launch System (SLS). On Wednesday they had another brief test firing at Stennis Space … Continue reading

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SpaceX Conducts Falcon 9 Launch Pad Static Fire

SpaceX Monday Conducted a static fire of their Falcon 9 launcher on the pad at Cape Canaveral in anticipation of the planned May 7th launch of their Dragon capsule to the ISS. If the mission is successful it will be … Continue reading

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