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NASA News, May 23, 2012

Rocket Fuel: The Commercial Space Heats Up
TIME
By AP | May 23, 2012 | + AP FILE - In this Tuesday, May 22, 2012 file photo, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from space launch complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The privately built space capsule that's ...
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TIME
Updated Coverage for NASA/SpaceX Mission to Station
MarketWatch (press release)
WASHINGTON, May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The SpaceX second demonstration mission for NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program is under way, and NASA is updating its coverage of the Dragon spacecraft's flight to the ...
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Commercial spacecraft speeds toward space station By The Associated Press ...
Laramie Boomerang
Opening a new, entrepreneurial era in spaceflight, a ship built by a billionaire businessman sped toward the International Space Station with a load of groceries and other supplies Tuesday after a spectacular middle-of-the-night blastoff.
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What's the big deal about private space launches? By The Associated Press...
Laramie Boomerang
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: Q: If this is just supplies and no astronauts, why is this launch such a ...
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SpaceX launch, a strong start for commercial spaceflight
Christian Science Monitor
By Jeff Ward-Bailey / May 23, 2012 The Falcon 9 spacecraft, built by SpaceX, lifts off on Tuesday morning carrying the Dragon capsule. This is the first time a commercial company will send its own rocket to the International Space Station.
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Christian Science Monitor
NASA and Houston School Partner to Engage Future Explorers
MarketWatch (press release)
HOUSTON, May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- NASA's JohnsonSpace Center has partnered with the Houston Independent School District's Booker T. Washington High School to inspire the next generation of explorers through hands-on science and ...
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Commercial space race gets crowded behind SpaceX
CanadianBusiness.com
By AP | May 23, 2012 WASHINGTON (AP) — A privately built space capsule that's zipping its way to the International Space Station has also launched something else: A new for-profit space race. The capsule called Dragon was due to arrive near the space ...
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SpaceX rocket launch hailed as 'a new era in space exploration'
Los Angeles Times
... the International Space Station. A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., early Tuesday. It's part of NASA's plan to replace its shuttle fleet with private spacecraft. (Craig Rubadoux / Associated Press / May 23,2012) By WJ Hennigan ...
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Commercial rocket carries supplies to space station
NewsOK.com
By MARCIA DUNN | Published: May 23, 2012 Leave a comment CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Opening a new, entrepreneurial era in spaceflight, a ship built by a billionaire businessman sped toward the International Space Stationwith a load of groceries and other ...
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SpaceX blasts off to space station in historic first *new!
The Borneo Post
by Jean-Louis Santini | AFP. Posted on May 23, 2012, Wednesday SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket lifts off as it heads for space carrying the company's Dragon spacecraft from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Opening a new era in private space flight, ...
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See SpaceX In Sky? Dragon Capsule May Be Visible From Ground, NASASays
Huffington Post
The private spaceflight company SpaceX successfully launched an unmanned capsule on a test flight to the International Space Station today (May 22), and there's a chance you can spot it in the night sky as it orbits overhead.
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SpaceX rocket lifts off for space station trial run
Firstpost
by FP Staff May 23, 2012 CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – An unmanned rocket owned by privately held Space Exploration Technologies blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Stationon Tuesday on the first commercial flight to the International ...
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Firstpost
SpaceX propels new era in space exploration: Dragon to dock with ISS
Northern Voices Online
It's now on its way to the ISS, during which it will be subjected to a series of tests to find out whether or not the Dragon capsule will be able to dock to thespace station. The launch was a result of the close coordination betweenNASA and SpaceX.
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Private rocket blasts off for space station
The Daily Star
By Marcia Dunn CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida: A first-of-its-kind commercial supply ship rocketed toward the International Space Station following a successful liftoff early Tuesday, opening a new era of dollar-driven spaceflight.
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The Daily Star
SpaceX blasts off to space station in historic first
Jakarta Globe
by Jean-Louis Santini | May 23, 2012 Opening a new era in private space flight, the US company SpaceX on Tuesday became the first commercial outfit to launch its own craft toward the International Space Station. The test flight of the Dragonspace ...
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Jakarta Globe
SpaceX launches first commercial rocket
Sky News Australia
SpaceX launches first commercial rocket Updated: 09:02, Wednesday May 23, 2012 SpaceX's Dragon capsule blasted off for the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday, in what could be one giant leap for a commercial industry looking to expand access ...
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Russian space agency confirms plans for Moon base
The Verge
By Adi Robertson on May 23, 2012 03:41 pm 0Comments Russia's spaceagency, Roscosmos, has publicly confirmed its plans to create a permanent habitation on the Moon. In a talk at the Global Space Exploration Conference, Roscosmos head Vladimir Popovkin ...
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SpaceX Dragon capsule to be visible from ground: Watch SpaceX launch video
Northern Voices Online
NASA has said that SpaceX Dragon capsule may be visible from ground tonight. Meanwhile you can watch SpaceX launch video When SpaceX's Falcon 9 blasted off from a NASA launch pad, the whole space fraternity across the world broke in applause.
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Spacex Falcon 9 launch a success, to dock with ISS, launch video goes viral
Northern Voices Online (blog)
Space Exploration Technologies' (Spacex) Falcon 9 launch was a success. It will dock with ISS on 25th May. Meanwhile launch video has gone viral SpaceX has made a history of sorts. The successful launch of its Falcon 9 rocket is being hailed as the ...
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Northern Voices Online (blog)
SpaceX rocket launch gets Nasa out of a black hole
The Week UK
If the cargo capsule atop the rocket is successfully delivered to the International Space Station in the coming days, a new era of commercial space travel will begin, inaugurating a $1.6 billion contract for SpaceX to fly 12 cargo missions to the ...
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The Week UK
Scotty's ashes get beamed up
TheChronicleHerald.ca
May 23, 2012 - 4:11am By SETH BORENSTEIN AP This combination of photos shows astronaut Gordon Cooper, top left; Bob Shrake, an engineer who designed spaceship control instruments for NASA'sJet Propulsion Lab, top right; actor James Doohan, ...
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TheChronicleHerald.ca
Academy of Art University Students Complete Design for NASA
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
... Produced a Robot User Interface for NASA to Enable Future Astronauts inSpace to Remotely Operate Robots on the Moon; Three Students to Continue Working as Interns with NASA This Summer San Francisco, California (PRWEB) May 22, 2012 This semester, ...
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SpaceX Dragon Spies Earth
Universe Today
SpaceX has released the picture above of the Earth as seen by a thermal imager that Dragon will use in its upcoming approach to the International Space Station. The Falcon 9/Dragon duo thundered to space at 3:44 am on May 22 from Space Launch ...
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Universe Today
Return of the Vacuum Tube
Science Now
by Jon Cartwright on 23 May 2012, 1:44 PM | 0 Comments Red hot again. Vacuum tubes fizzled out in the 1960s thanks to the invention of the transistor, but new research could fire-up the technology once more. Peer inside an antique radio and you'll find ...
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Tesla Model S slated for June delivery
The Province
By Jerry Hirsch, Los Angeles Times (MCT) May 23, 2012 6:07 AM A Tesla Motors Model S is displayed in the Tesla showroom at Tesla Motors headquarters May 20, 2010 in Palo Alto, California. Tesla announced the production cars will become available to ...
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Blogs10 new results for NASA News, Space, Space station MAY 23, 2012
International Entertainment News: Updated Coverage for NASA ...
By EntertainmentNews
WASHINGTON, May 232012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The SpaceX second demonstration mission for NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program is under way, and NASA is updating its coverage of the Dragon spacecraft's flight to the InternationalSpace Station. ... During the flight, the Dragon capsule will conduct a series of checkout procedures to test and prove its systems, including the capability to rendezvous and berth with the space station.
International Entertainment News
Commercial space race crowded behind SpaceX | Long Island ...
By The Associated Press
The capsule called Dragon was due to arrive near the space station for tests early Thursday and dock on Friday with its load of supplies. Space Exploration Technologies Corp. — run by PayPal co-founder Elon Musk — was hired byNASA to ...
Long Island Business News
Private Supply Ship Rockets Toward Space Station
By StudentNewsDaily.com
Private Supply Ship Rockets Toward Space StationMay 232012 — DailyNews Article ... Opening a new era in private space flight, the US company SpaceX became the first commercial outfit to launch its own craft toward the International Space Station. (AFP Photo/Bruce Weaver). (from NYPost.com) AP, ... Many of the SpaceX controllers wore untucked T-shirts and jeans or even shorts, a stark contrast to NASA's old suit-and-tie shuttle team. … “The significance of this day cannot be ...
Student News Daily
First Commercial Flight To The International Space Station ...
Space Exploration Technologies is one of four companies vying to becomeNASA's go-to for space exploration after the government ended its spaceexploration program in 2011. Reuters. Posted as a headline on May 232012. Tags: nasa ...
PSFK
SpaceX in First Commercial Flight to Space Station | National News ...
By Epoch Times
Private space exploration got a major boost when a commercial spacecraft blasted off into space on Tuesday and will be the first to reach the InternationalSpace Station (ISS).
Epoch Times
Private Space Launches? Whats the big deal? | Fox Rio 2 News RGV
By Interactive Dept
Published May 232012 @ 8:27 am / Interactive Dept ... When it gets close to the space station on Thursday, it will do some maneuvers to show NASA that it can safely dock with the multibillion dollar giant orbital complex. If NASAgives the OK, ...
Fox Rio 2 News RGV
SpaceWatchtower: SpaceX: Test to Join Space Station
By Friends of the Zeiss
Bloomberg News. SpaceX Faces Test to Join Space Station. By Brendan McGarry on May 232012. SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket, carrying the Dragon capsule, at 3:44. Space Exploration Technologies Corp.'s supply ship successfully ...
SpaceWatchtower
Space Politics » Space policy? It's complicated
By Jeff Foust
Space policy? It's complicated. May 232012 at 5:56 am · Filed under NASA, White House. Shortly after SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket placed the company's Dragon spacecraft into orbit early Tuesday, the White House issued a congratulatory statement from ... “Partnering with U.S. companies such as SpaceX to provide cargo and eventually crew service to the InternationalSpace Station is a cornerstone of the President's plan for maintaining America's leadership in space,” he said in the ...
Space Politics
Commercial space race gets crowded behind SpaceX - seattlepi.com
eventually, space missions could launch, dock to a private space station or hotel and return to Earth and not have anything to do with NASA or any other country's space agency. The Federal ... Updated 11:33 a.m., Wednesday,May 232012 ...
seattlepi.com: Seattle, Washington,...
Company sends supplies to space station; launch giant leap for ...
AP photo. By Marcia Dunn. Associated PressMay 232012 2:00 AM. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Opening a new, entrepreneurial era in spaceflight, a ship built by a billionaire businessman sped toward the International Space Stationwith a load of ... "This expanded role for the private sector will free up more ofNASA's resources to do what NASA does best — tackle the most demanding technological challenges in space, including those of human spaceflight beyond low-Earth orbit.
SeacoastOnline.com Latest Headlines
Web10 new results for NASA News, Space, Space station MAY 23, 2012
Commercial space race gets crowded behind SpaceX
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 | 11:55 a.m. - SpaceX rockets ahead, but several... Space Station has also launched something else: A new for-profit spacerace. ... _ run by PayPal co-founder Elon Musk _ was hired by NASA to deliver cargo and ...
www.lasvegassun.com/.../us-sci-private-space-race-1st-ld-write...
NASA - Updated Coverage for NASA/SpaceX Mission to Station
NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration ... May 23, 2012 ... Anews briefing will be held at 1 p.m. after Dragon is secured to the station. Saturday ...
www.nasa.gov/.../HQ_M12-094_Updated_SpaceX_Coverage....
Commercial spacecraft speeds toward space station By The AssociatedPress • Wednesday, May 23, 2012
... toward space station By The Associated Press • Wednesday, May 23, 2012 ... NASA is looking to the private sector to take over flights to the space station now ...
www.laramieboomerang.com/.../05/.../us_sci_private_space.txt
SpaceX rocket lifts off for space station trial run
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida | Wed May 23, 2012 5:48am EDT ... NASA is counting on companies like Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, to take over ...
www.reuters.com/.../uk-usa-spaceship-idUSLNE84L01920120...
Space X launches first mission to the International Space Station ...
Posted: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 7:29 am | Updated: 9:16 am, Wed May 23,2012. ... sector our transportation to the International Space Station so thatNASA can ...
www.yourhoustonnews.com/.../article_bb9d57e6-a409-11e1-...
SpaceX Faces Test to Join Space Station - Businessweek
s supply ship successfully blasted off for the International Space Stationyesterday in ... News From Bloomberg ... By Brendan McGarry on May 23, 2012 ... the private sector our transportation to the International Space Station so that NASA can ...
www.businessweek.com/.../spacex-faces-ultimate-driving-test-t...
Private Supply Ship Rockets Toward Space Station
May 23, 2012 — Daily News Article ... Until their retirement last summer,NASA's shuttles provided the bulk of space station equipment and even the occasional ...
www.studentnewsdaily.com/.../private-supply-ship-rockets-to...
First commercial spacecraft speeds toward space station
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 ... By MARCIA DUNN ~ The Associated Press ...NASA is looking to the private sector to take over flights to the space stationnow that ...
www.semissourian.com/story/1852110.html
Commercial space race crowded behind SpaceX | Long Island ...
by The Associated Press Published: May 23, 2012 ... The capsule called Dragon was due to arrive near the space station for tests early Thursday and dock on ...
libn.com/.../commercial-space-race-crowded-behind-spacex/
Next stop for SpaceX is space station
On orbit, Dragon tracks down space station. ... 5/23/2012 1:49 PM EDT ...Link to NASA press conference, opening with SpaceX founder Elon Musk saying the ...
www.eetimes.com/.../On-orbit--Dragon-tracks-down-space-stat...
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