With NASA's retired shuttles mothballed in museums, 2012 saw a new kind of spacecraft blaze its own path toward the International Space Station. In May, the Dragon space capsule — developed, owned and operated by California-based SpaceX — was launched from atop a Falcon-9 rocket, becoming the first private craft to dock with the ISS. Continue reading
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Motivational Aerospace Pioneers – 100 years of aviation and aerospace developments in 10 minutes – Video
Motivational Aerospace Pioneers – 100 years of aviation and aerospace developments in 10 minutes www.internationalspaceshield.org If they did it you can do it. Who really inspired the Worlds first private space explorers? Continue reading
SpaceX capsule returns to Earth, ends historic trip to space station with Pacific splashdown
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The SpaceX Dragon capsule parachuted into the Pacific on Thursday to conclude the first private delivery to the International Space Station and inaugurate NASA's new approach to exploration. Continue reading
Astronauts to Spend Memorial Day Unpacking Private Space Capsule
Rather than kick their feet up this Memorial Day weekend, the astronauts aboard the International Space Station will be unloading cargo from the first private spacecraft ever to visit the orbiting lab. Continue reading
What's the big deal about private space launches?
The first private spaceship is headed to the International Space Station. Some questions and answers about the cargo mission by Space Exploration Technologies, known as SpaceX: Continue reading
SpaceX delays first private launch to space station
SpaceX has postponed by a week its bid to become the first private company to attempt to launch an unmanned cargo vessel to the International Space Station. Continue reading