October 2012

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The National Space Society (NSS) congratulates Elon Musk and the entire SpaceX team on another successful and historic mission to the International Space Station (ISS).

Global recording artist and UNESCO Artist for Peace Ambassador, Sarah Brightman, announced today in Moscow her intention to launch on a future orbital spaceflight mission

At 3:56 AM Pacific Daylight time, Wednesday 10 October, the SpaceX Dragon space craft was successfully grappled by the Canadarm on the International Space Station

Note: Live stream video originally posted is no longer available. This is the Red Bull post-event video.   Watch Felix Baumgartner free fall jump live

Me with the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, October 7. It left the Earth’s bounds less than 7 hours later.  Here are some links to the

About as real as it gets: Space X Falcon 9 launch, 8:35 p.m. EDT, October 7, 2012.   Lori Garver, NASA’s Deputy Administrator, October 7,

SpaceX Press Release: Cape Canaveral, FL — Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) successfully launched its Dragon spacecraft aboard a Falcon 9 rocket on the first official

I’ve gotten some messages over the last few weeks concerning people who think I personally know some of the astronauts I fangirl over/write about here.

Hey guys and gals, I know I don’t update this space as diligently as I should (life and work happens, and I’ve been very busy

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