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Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online SpaceX will be launching its next cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on March 1, according to NASA. The next target launch date will be the company's second resupply mission to the ISS. SpaceX was the first company to ever dock with the orbiting outpost, and also the only company resupplying the astronauts aboard. Last year, SpaceX's Dragon capsule made history after earning itself a contract to resupply...

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online UPDATE: Space Explorations Technologies’ (SpaceX) Dragon spacecraft splashed down into the Pacific Ocean at 12:22 p.m. PDT (3:22 EDT) Sunday off the coast of Baja California, Mexico after successfully wrapping up its first NASA-contracted cargo delivery mission to the International Space Station (ISS). “With a big splash in the Pacific Ocean today, we are reminded American ingenuity is alive and well and keeping our great nation...

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online SpaceX will be completing its first cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station on Sunday when the Dragon capsule undocks from the orbiting laboratory. The Dragon capsule launched October 7 from Cape Canaveral towards the space station and docked with the orbiting outpost just a few days later on October 10. The SpaceX crew has already headed down to the Pacific Ocean splashdown zone to await the Dragon capsule's...

NASA NASA Television will provide live coverage of the release and departure of SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft from the International Space Station on Sunday, Oct. 28. Coverage will begin at 6 a.m. CDT and conclude approximately three hours later after Dragon has left the vicinity of the orbiting laboratory. Space station Expedition 33 Commander Sunita Williams and Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide will be at the controls of the space station's robotic arm as they back Dragon away from the...

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online While the Dragon capsule was able to survive an engine failure with the Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday, news broke that a satellite aboard a secondary payload suffered from the event. SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday, with both the Dragon capsule and Orbcomm's prototype OG2 communication satellite onboard. During launch, one of the rocket's nine Merlin engines lost pressure and suddenly shutdown, leaving its secondary...

[ Watch the Launch Video ] Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Oct. 9, 2012: 11:00AM - Engine Anomaly News broke yesterday that SpaceX was able to successfully launch (see below) its Dragon spacecraft towards the International Space Station, despite an engine "anomaly." The company said that about a minute and 19 seconds into the launch, the Falcon 9 rocket detected an anomaly on one first-stage engine. "Initial data suggests that one of the rocket's nine Merlin...

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online SpaceX tested out its reusable rocket at the company's Texas test site on Friday in a short flight that lasted about three-seconds. The company's concept calls for the Falcon 9 rocket's first stage to descend and land vertically by using engine thrust for touchdown at or near the launch site. The 106-foot-tall rocket, named Grasshopper due to its insect-like landing legs, consists of a Falcon 9 first stage and a Merlin 1D engine...