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SpaceX Commercial Rocket Poised for March 1 Blast Off to ISS
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule are poised to blast off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida on March 1, 2013 on a commercial resupply mission to the ISS. Credit: Ken Kremer/www.kenkremer.com
All systems are GO and the weather outlook looks spectacular for the March 1 blast off of the privately developed SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station (ISS).
The Falcon 9 is slated to lift off at 10:10 AM EST with a Dragon capsule loaded with fresh supplies and science gear to continued full up operation and utilization of the ISS.
Right now the weather forecast is at 80% GO on March 1 – with superbly beautiful, clear blue skies here in sunny and comfortably warm Florida from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. (…)
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Post tags: Commercial Space, commercial spaceflight, Dragon, Falcon 9, International Space Station (ISS), ISS, NASA, Space X Dragon, SpaceX
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