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SpaceX’s Next Cargo Run to Space Station in October
Screen capture from NASA TV of the SpaceX Dragon capsule berthed to the International Space Station.
SpaceX is scheduled to launch the first of its 12 contracted cargo flights to the International Space Station in October, 2012. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden announced Thursday at Kennedy Space Center that SpaceX is now fully certified to ferry cargo to the space station. While the company’s Dragon capsule did bring cargo to the ISS during its initial flight in May, that was considered just a test flight. Now comes a series of ‘real’ cargo runs.
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2012-08-23 16:06:10
Source: http://www.universetoday.com/96996/spacexs-next-cargo-run-to-space-station-in-october/
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