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Scott PowersMay 29, 2017

The next SpaceX launch, of a Falcon 9 rocket to send cargo to the International Space Station, has been set for a 5:55 p.m. launch on Thursday from Kennedy Space Center. The mission would be SpaceX’s 11th commercial resupply effort to the space station. The Dragon spacecraft will be carrying almost 6,000 pounds of science […]

Scott PowersFebruary 19, 2017

Kennedy Space Center is back in the rocket-launching business – and this time it’s really a business. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off into space from historic Launch Complex 39A Sunday morning, the first launch from Kennedy since the space shuttle program ended in 2011. This was a business launch in almost every sense, except […]

Scott PowersJanuary 29, 2016

NASA has announced a launch date for the next commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station, but the mission is the next one planned for Orbital ATK to fly, not the SpaceX mission that was expected to come first. NASA is preparing for an early-morning, March 10 launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. […]

Tag: commercial resupply
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SpaceX Falcon 9 launch set for Thursday evening

Kennedy Space Center back in launch business — this time for business

NASA preps for next Orbital ATK resupply mission, possibly skipping SpaceX