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The National Space Society NSS congratulates Space Exploration Technologies SpaceX on a successful launch of the Falcon 9 rocket and first docking of their Dragon

At 9 56 AM EDT 1356 UTC the Space Station Remote Manipulator System SSRMS successfully grappled the Dragon spacecraft This is the first commercial spacecraft

Hawthorne CA Today Space Exploration Technologies SpaceX Dragon spacecraft completed key on orbit tests as part of a historic attempt to be the first commercial

Dragon Solar Panels Visible Image Credit NASA TV This image was captured moments before ISS contact was lost Several minutes later Dragon crossed directly under

At a press conference held after the May 22 Falcon 9 launch of the Dragon spacecraft SpaceX CEO and Chief Designer Elon Musk began I

The White House has issued a statement from John Holdren assistant to the president for science and technology Congratulations to the teams at SpaceX and

Falcon 9 Ignition Image Credit NASA TV Falcon 9 Liftoff Image Credit NASA TV Falcon 9 Ascent Image Credit NASA TV Falcon 9 Downrange Image

Space Exploration Technologies SpaceX and Bigelow Aerospace BA have agreed to conduct a joint marketing effort focused on international customers The two companies will offer

Expanding the resource base of humanity to include the solar system Seattle Wash April 24 2012 Planetary Resources Inc announced today its plan to mine

MEDIA ALERT Join visionary Peter H Diamandis M D leading commercial space entrepreneur Eric Anderson former NASA Mars mission manager Chris Lewicki and planetary scientist

National Space Society Executive Director Paul E Damphousse addresses the media at the 3rd annual Next Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference NSRC today in Palo Alto

SpaceX announced that it will slip the launch of the Dragon spacecraft aboard a Falcon 9 from the original 7 February 2012 date The specific

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