May 19, 2013

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SpaceX Falcon 9 Dragon Commercial Craft Launches from Florida

SpaceX Falcon 9 Dragon Commercial Craft Launches from Florida

According to CNN International, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched from Florida Wednesday morning, marking what could be a significant step toward commercial space travel. A private company has launched a spacecraft in a bold demonstration test for NASA. The Space Exploration Technologies rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral on Wednesday morning. The Falcon 9 is [...]

Discovery Shuttle Launch Halts Due to Fuel Leak

A potentially dangerous hydrogen fuel leak on the space shuttle Discovery thwarted NASA efforts to launch the spacecraft today, delaying the shuttle’s final liftoff to no earlier than Monday, Nov. 8. Discovery was slated to launch  at 3:04 p.m. EDT (1904 GMT) today (Nov. 5) but a leak of flammable liquid hydrogen discovered during fueling [...]