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NASA News, May 02, 2012

SpaceX launch of Dragon capsule to space station to put NASA strategy on display
Washington Post
The review may be the final hurdle before a much-delayed and highly anticipated launch — the first attempt to send a privately designed and built unmanned spacecraft to the international space station. What SpaceX andNASA hope to do is part of a plan ...
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America's future in space
Washington Post
NASA and a company called SpaceX are getting ready to send a rocket to the international space station, a launch that heralds a new strategy of relying on the private sector to deliver cargo — and eventually crews — into orbit.
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Commercial liftoff to space station put on hold again
msnbc.com (blog)
By Alan Boyle The first private-sector spaceship destined to hook up with the International Space Station will have to sit on its Florida launch pad for a few days more than planned, due to the need for additional tests and software checkouts.
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1st private cargo run to space station delayed again for testing, still aiming ...
Washington Post
It will be the first time a private entity launches a supply ship to the space station. Only governments currently do that. NASA used to stockpile the space station through the shuttles. But the fleet was retired last summer. The spaceagency wants ...
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1st Private Cargo Run to Space Station Delayed
ABC News
The first commercial cargo run to the International Space Station is off for next week. Space Exploration Technologies Corp., better known as SpaceX, announced the latest delay Wednesday. The company did not set a new launch date.
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SpaceX Forced to Delay Launch to Space Station
Wired News
SpaceX must work with NASA to confirm that all of the software and hardware are ready to go for the upcoming flight because of the interaction, and eventual berthing with the International Space Station. During the mission the Dragon spacecraft will ...
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Space Station Crew Excited for 1st Private Spaceship Visit
Space.com
The flight is the Dragon capsule's maiden voyage for SpaceX under a NASAprogram aimed at buying cargo delivery services from private companies, now that the agency's space shuttles are retired. The three astronauts on thespace station are vital to ...
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Space Industry Launches New Era of Exploration
BrainTrack
NASA plans to concentrate on deep space exploration as it hands off responsibility for low Earth orbit flight to private industry. The first attempt by a commercial company to send a spacecraft to the International Space Station is scheduled for May 7.
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BrainTrack
Next Monday's SpaceX Falcon 9 launch date in doubt
Spaceflight Now
BY WILLIAM HARWOOD KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL--The long-awaited launch of a commercial cargo ship bound for the International Space Station almost certainly will be delayed from May 7 to at least May 10 and possibly longer, sources said late Tuesday, ...
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Spaceflight Now
SpaceX test fires rocket headed to International Space Station
Daily Caller
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., or SpaceX, will attempt the first-ever commercial cargo run to the International Space Stationnext year. NASA announced the news Friday, Dec. 9, 2011, one year and one day after SpaceX, became the first private ...
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Daily Caller
Delay Possible for 1st Private Launch to Space Station: Report
Space.com
by SPACE.com Staff The first commercial spacecraft to visit the InternationalSpace Station will likely launch a bit later than planned, according to news reports. The private spaceflight company Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, ...
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SpaceX: If you had a $100 million, would you spend it on space travel?
Washington Post (blog)
By Emi Kolawole It seems increasingly likely that SpaceX will be the first private entity to send a rocket to dock with the International Space Station. As The Washington Post's Marc Kaufman and Brian Vastag report, SpaceX, in collaboration with NASA, ...
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SpaceX launch to space station slips further
Flightglobal
The scheduled launch date for SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, meant to launch the company's Dragon spacecraft to become the first commercial craft to dock with the International Space Station (ISS), has been delayed to 10 May or later.
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Holding for Falcon 9
ExplorersWeb
That's Don Pettit for you blogging from the Space Station today. Building a rocket is not for the faint of heart, Don says, in part for the cruel fuel ratio: 85% explosives on 15% structure (compared to a 70/30 on a jet plane) and in part for the ...
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SpaceX Dragon Docking Mission Likely Delayed Again
TPM
... which is set to carry an unmanned cargo vessel called the Dragon up to the International Space Station several days later. But as NASA's Kennedy SpaceCenter tweeted on Wednesday: “SpaceX Update:At this time, a May 7 launch appears unlikely.
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NASA seeking new solar arrays to power spacecraft
Clean Energy Authority
At this point the largest PV array in space is likely the 32.8 kilowatt array that powers the International Space Station, which was assembled over time through numerous missions. The NASA RFP covers systems that start at 30 kilowatts and go up to 50 ...
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SpaceX May 7 Launch Unlikely
Brevard Times
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida -- SpaceX announced today that the SpaceX COTS 2 launch scheduled for May 7, 2012 from SpaceLaunch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida is unlikely. "At this time, a May 7 th launch appears unlikely.
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Brevard Times
NASA Officials Excited For SpaceX Launch
WESH Orlando
"They will launch from Cape Canaveral, rendezvous with and fly some maneuvers around the International Space Station, then back off for awhile as we evaluate data," he said. If all goes well, the plan is to have the ISS connect with the spacecraft.
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Boeing marks 50 years in north Alabama
CBS News
Aside from working on NASA's new heavy-lift rocket and supporting the International Space Station, Boeing has offices for missile and ground-based defense programs in Huntsville. Boeing helped build the Saturn V moon rockets and lunar rovers during the ...
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SpaceX: May 7 launch for Falcon 9 rocket 'appears unlikely'
Central Florida News 13
The company is trying to become the first private company to dock with the International Space Station. The Falcon 9 rocket is topped with the Dragon space capsule filled with cargo. The rocket will lift off from Launch Pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air ...
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Central Florida News 13
As NASA faces cash-crunch, Britons boldly head for the stars
Daily News & Analysis
Since Britain didn't have a Space Agency, I wrote to NASA. They not only replied, they sent technical plans for a new spaceplane - the Space Shuttle. But despite my getting the required science degree, there was one small problem: I wasn't American.
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SpaceX Counts Down to 1st ISS Mission
Newser
By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff (Newser) – Commercial space firm SpaceX may be just days away from going where no private company has gone before: the International Space Station. The company is preparing to send its unmanned Dragon capsule on a mission to ...
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Former Astronaut, Daughter of Dayton Codebreaker to Speak at IEEE-USA ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Dr. Charles Camarda, a senior adviser for innovation to the Office of Chief Engineer at Johnson Space Center, will discuss NASA collaborations at 10:30 am Camarda served as a mission specialist on the Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-114) in 2005, ...
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Launch of SpaceX Cargo Capsule 'Almost Certainly' Delayed [CBS News]
Space News
(SpaceX) Dragon commercial cargo ship for a long-awaited demonstration flight to the international space station “almost certainly” will be delayed to May 10 and possibly beyond. The report, citing “multiple NASA sources,” said a May 7 launch from ...
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Space News
Photos: Soyuz TMA-22 Departs from the Space Station
Space Ref (press release)
The Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft departs from the InternationalSpace Station and heads toward a landing on April 27, 2012. Inside the Soyuz, NASA astronaut Dan Burbank, Expedition 30 commander; along with Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov, ...
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Space Ref (press release)
NASA Astronaut to Visit Roxborough Schools for Space Day
Space Ref (press release)
HOUSTON -- NASA astronaut James Dutton, a colonel in the US Air Force, will relive his spaceflight experience for two Roxborough schools during theirSpace Day events on May 2 and May 4. On Wednesday, May 2, beginning at 9:30 am MDT, Dutton will speak ...
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Astronaut To Celebrate 100th Anniversary With Girl Scouts
Sacramento Bee
She flew two missions aboard space shuttle Columbia. For her third spacemission, she launched on the Russian Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft and spent 159 days in space aboard the International Space Station with the Expedition 26/27 crew.
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Teacher excited about trip to space center
Signal
... won a contest to visit NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to watch the launch of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft. The launch is the first attempt for a commercial company to send a spacecraft to the International Space Station.
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NASA Sustainability Base / William McDonough + Partners and ...
By Karissa Rosenfield
NASA and William McDonough + Partners have teamed up to create Earth's first high-performance space station. William McDonough stated, “Design is the first signal of human intention.” With that in mind, the team set out to design a building ...
ArchDaily
ORBITEC's VEGGIE Designed to Give ISS Astronauts Fresh Salads ...
By Doug Messier
The programs awarded were for ORBITEC to support the development and flight of the “VEGGIE” system and the Advanced Plant Habitat at the NASA'sKennedy Space Center for the space station. VEGGIE, an expandable and deployable ...
Parabolic Arc
Amazing Auroras >> TotallyCoolPix
By admin
A portion of the International Space Station (top) is seen along with a view of the Midwestern United States at night with Aurora Borealis, is seen in this September 29, 2011 NASA handout photograph taken by an Expedition 29 crew member ...
TotallyCoolPix
SpaceX and NASA Prepare for May 7 Launch – Light Years - CNN ...
By Sophia Dengo
"In a processing facility at Space Launch Complex-40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, Space Exploration Technologies technicians attach the Dragon capsule to the second stage of the company's Falcon 9 rocket.
Light Years
Another Possible Launch Delay for SpaceX « AmericaSpace
By Amy Teitel
Image credit: NASA/SpaceX. It looks like we're going to have to wait a little longer for the historic first flight of a commercial vehicle to the InternationalSpace Station. The long-awaited launch of SpaceX's Dragon capsule on its Falcon 9 rocket ...
AmericaSpace
NASA - Space Station Trio Lands Safely In Kazakhstan
... 30 crew undocked from the International Space Station and safely returned to Earth on Friday, wrapping up a five-and-a-half-month mission in space. ...NASA press releases and other information are available automatically by sending a ...
www.nasa.gov/home/.../HQ_12-140_Exp30_Crew_Return.ht...
SpaceX Test Flight to Space Station Delayed : Discovery News
Space Exploration Technologies will need about another week to prepare for its... SpaceX is one of two companies NASA hired to fly cargo to the space station ...
news.discovery.com/.../spacex-test-flight-to-space-station-dela...
NASA recognizes Flagstaff brothers' space station dreams
Flagstaff is a relatively rural place, but it has nothing on the "final frontier."Space exploration is for the adventurous, imaginative and curious, and local teenage ...
azdailysun.com/.../article_97a7a958-9b53-5c25-9077-065102...
Space-station rendezvous set to spur research push : Nature News ...
It marks a first step in what NASA hopes will be the space station'stransformation from an orbiting construction site into a thriving research laboratory (see ...
www.nature.com/.../space-station-rendezvous-set-to-spur-resea...
SpaceX launch of Dragon capsule to space station to put NASA ...
View Photo Gallery — America's future in space: NASA and a company called SpaceX are getting ready to send a rocket to the international space station, ...
www.washingtonpost.com/.../gIQAju58uT_story.html
NASA now counting on private space taxis - Technology & science ...
With NASA's oldest and most-flown space shuttle now delivered to its museum ... Dream Chaser docks with the International Space Station in this artist's conception. .... Follow Space.com for the latest in space science and exploration news on ...
www.msnbc.msn.com/.../nasa-now-counting-private-space-tax...
NASA's new space camera will help developing countries manage ...
The NASA teams that manage the space station are glad to host the new experiment. If it's successful ... More stories in Space News from The Huntsville Times ...
blog.al.com/space.../nasas_new_space_camera_will_he.html
America's future in space
NASA and a company called SpaceX are getting ready to send a rocket to the international space ... In the News .... SpaceX and NASA are targeting May 7 for the launch of the rocket to the international space station, though delays could pop ...
www.washingtonpost.com/.../gIQAvkN7uT_gallery.html
Nasa's greatest hits: Breathtaking time-lapse photography shows off ...
The footage captures enchanting light displays and vivid weather systems across the globe from 240 miles above earth on the International Space Station.
www.dailymail.co.uk/.../Nasas-greatest-hits-Breathtaking-time-...
CASIS Plans To Jump start Space Station Spinoffs ... - Space News
Since NASA's space station research focus to date has been dominated by life ... with them,” NASA Chief Scientist Waleed Abdalati told Space Newsduring a ...
www.spacenews.com/.../120420-casis-plans-station-virtual-ma...
Space News | FLORIDA TODAY | floridatoday.com
SPACE NEWS /. NASA artist concept of an asteroid mining mission. NASA ....A robotic Russian supply ship docked at the International Space Station today with ...
www.floridatoday.com/section/SPACE/Space-News
Station crew makes pinpoint landing in Kazakhstan | Space News ...
04/27/2012 07:53 AM Filed in: Space News | International Space Station | Russian ... Russian recovery forces and NASA support personnel stationed nearby ...
www.cbsnews.com/.../e6d0715124108465cfbd3ba37fa419d1-.
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