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SpaceX is flying high these days, literally and figuratively, the Dragon capsule completed its second resupply mission to the ISS and the company is hard at work at its next-generation spacecraft and rockets. We've already seen the Grasshopper, a reusable first stage rocket, being tested several times, but Spa... |
29 March 2013
09:21 GMT |
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Today, Nuance made available for download a new flavor of its Dragon Mobile Assistant for Android devices, aimed at providing users with unique proactive assistant and location sharing capabilities.
The new application version should enable Android users to meet up with friends easier than before, while set to prov... |
12 March 2013
08:45 GMT |
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After a wild launch, the Dragon spacecraft has successfully berthed with the International Space Station and astronauts are already unloading the cargo of supplies and experiments.
The spacecraft had some problems shortly after separating from the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that carried it into orbit.
Three of its fo... |
4 March 2013
05:56 GMT |
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The Dragon capsule, carrying precious supplies and experiments to the International Space Station, has reached orbit after launch in its second resupply mission. However, there seems to have been some problems shortly after it separated from its rocket, there are no details about what happened. "Issue with Dragon ... |
1 March 2013
11:22 GMT |
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SpaceX has just launched its Dragon capsule, on top of the Falcon rocket it has also designed and built, on its second resupply mission to the ISS, the second ever commercial mission. The first happened late last year, though the Dragon capsule had docked with the International Space Station before, in a test fligh... |
1 March 2013
10:27 GMT |
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The International Space Station has no shortage of ships coming its way. No sooner has the Dragon departed that another ship took its place, this one filled to the brim with supplies as well. The Russian Soyuz also docked recently, carrying three astronauts and other cargo.
The Russian Progress 49 launched from the ... |
31 October 2012
13:38 GMT |
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After spending three weeks parked at the International Space Station, SpaceX's Dragon capsule has splashed down in the Pacific Ocean completing a historic mission, the first commercial resupply mission to the ISS. The mission went without a hitch, as far as the resupply part and the Dragon capsule are concerne... |
30 October 2012
09:24 GMT |
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If there's one thing the ISS is great for, it's taking spectacular photos, though time-lapse videos are the latest trend.
On a couple of its recent spins around the Earth, the International Space Station pointed one of its cameras at the Hurricane Sandy, dubbed Frankenstorm by incredibly witty scientists,... |
27 October 2012
08:11 GMT |
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Soyuz is getting ready to send three more astronauts to the International Space Station. Being the only spacecraft currently capable of sending people into orbit, the launch and the ship are very important.
But Soyuz won't be alone for long, companies like SpaceX are working on getting their ships approved for... |
22 October 2012
18:11 GMT |
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The Falcon 9 rocket that carried the Dragon capsule into space had other payloads as well, specifically Orbcomm's Generation 2 (OG2) satellite, a prototype communication satellite. Falcon experienced an engine malfunction during launch which made for some spectacular YouTube footage. One of the nine engines tha... |
12 October 2012
05:10 GMT |
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SpaceX's Dragon has completed the big half of its mission, it is now safely connected to the International Space Station and the astronauts on board are already making the most out of the supplies brought up by it. Dragon left Earth a few days ago on its first commercial mission, the first private resupply mis... |
11 October 2012
05:10 GMT |
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The Dragon capsule launched several days ago in the first ever commercial resupply mission has now been captured successfully by the International Space Station. The capsule has been grabbed by the robotic arm that will now guide it in position for docking, which will happen tomorrow.
"Using the International Space ... |
10 October 2012
08:16 GMT |
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SpaceX is continuing to pioneer the era of commercial space exploration, for better or for worse, and has now launched its first official resupply mission headed for the International Space Station. This will be the first time a private spacecraft is used in an actual mission to the ISS.
The Dragon module, which has... |
8 October 2012
04:26 GMT |
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When the Space Exploration Technologies Corporation's (SpaceX) Dragon space capsule takes off to the International Space Station (ISS) on October 8, it will carry a series of 23 student experiments to orbit, as part of the Student Spaceflight Experiment Program (SSEP).
Around twelve of the experiments are being... |
4 October 2012
05:02 GMT |
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Officials at the Hawthorne, California-based Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) announce that the company is targeting the launch of its first resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) for Sunday, October 7.
SpaceX will use its Falcon 9 medium rocket to launch the unmanned Dragon spa... |
21 September 2012
03:30 GMT |
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Officials from the Hawthorne, California-based Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) announce that they will launch a new Dragon resupply spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) sometime during the first two weeks of October.
The launch opportunity came up on Sunday, September 16, when the ... |
19 September 2012
11:01 GMT |
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Netherlands-based company Mars One will attempt to land humans on the surface of Mars by 2023, officials announced earlier this year. Now, they say, the first sponsors for this ambitious endeavor have been brought on board.
Mars One has a step-by-step program for colonizing Mars, which culminates with landing the f... |
3 September 2012
05:48 GMT |
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Officials at Hawthorne, California-based Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) are pleased to announce that the American space agency has formally given its seal of approval for the launch of 12 robotic resupply missions to the International Space Station (ISS).
Until now, the company worked under a Co... |
29 August 2012
09:11 GMT |
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This autumn will mark the launch of the first commercial resupply flight to the International Space Station, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said yesterday, August 23, as he presented the milestones reached by companies currently working with funding from the space agency. Speaking in front of the people gathered... |
24 August 2012
06:04 GMT |
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The managing director of Houston-based company NanoRacks, Jeffrey Manber, said recently that the failure of a series of student-designed experiments, delivered aboard the International Space Station earlier this year, is owed to a flaw in the training procedure astronauts undergo.
The experiments were delivered to t... |
18 July 2012
08:55 GMT |
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Hawthorne, California-based Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) is definitely emerging as the leader of the pack, in a competition among private companies to provide NASA with the launch services it requires. Recently, SpaceX tool is yet another step forward.
Officials at the company announce that th... |
13 July 2012
05:29 GMT |
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Nvidia is getting ready to announce the GeForce GT 600 series for the high volume mid-range market, so AMD and its partners are getting ready to counteract the launch. ASUS is showing a great deal of care and work, especially for the China region. Therefore, ASUS is now preparing a special version of its DirectCU II... |
2 July 2012
05:11 GMT |
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On Wednesday, June 13, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden paid a personal visit to McGregor, Texas, where Hawthorne, California-based Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) has its Rocket Development Facility. The top official met up with the company's CEO, Elon Musk.
The latter, a co-founder of the... |
14 June 2012
04:47 GMT |
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The Dragon space capsule returned from the International Space Station on May 31, reentering Earth's atmosphere in about 30 minutes after being placed on its descent course. This image provided by the spacecraft's manufacturer shows the strain reentry placed on the vehicle. The unmanned capsule is shown he... |
1 June 2012
09:36 GMT |
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The Dragon capsule reentered Earth's atmosphere successfully yesterday, May 31, after being separated from the Harmony module on the International Space Station on Thursday. The unmanned spacecraft landed a few hundred miles off the coasts of Baja California, Mexico, at 11:42 am EDT (1542 GMT).
The event was ha... |
1 June 2012
03:41 GMT |
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Nuance Communications, Inc has announced that its introductory voice recognition app for Mac OS X Lion, Dragon Express has debuted in seven new countries. The app also adds three new languages to its portfolio. Dragon Express is a fast, hands-free solution that allows you to convert speech into text. It’s used... |
31 May 2012
10:09 GMT |
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Yesterday, the entire Expedition 31 crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS) spent its time loading items that are no longer needed into the unmanned Dragon space capsule. These materials will be returned to Earth when the spacecraft undocks form the station tomorrow.
The procedure will take place at 4:05 ... |
30 May 2012
09:05 GMT |
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The SpaceX Dragon space capsule arrived on the International Space Station on Friday, May 25, carrying 520 kilograms (1,100 pounds) of cargo. Expedition 31 astronauts snapped this image of the spacecraft's insides soon after the latter docked to the orbital lab. European Space Agency astronaut and flight engin... |
30 May 2012
03:35 GMT |
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This weekend, Hawthorne, California-based Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) became the first private entity in the world to send a spacecraft to the International Space Station. Here is a small gallery of images showing their Dragon space capsule approach its target. Astronauts Donald Pettit (NASA) ... |
28 May 2012
09:30 GMT |
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This amazing video, which NASA released on Friday, shows the Dragon spacecraft approaching the International Space Station, before its history-making docking with the orbital lab. For nearly 15 minutes, you can see the sheer awesomeness that makes up space docking.
Dragon was built by the Hawthorne, California-based... |
28 May 2012
02:42 GMT |
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At 9:56 am EDT (1356 GMT) yesterday, May 25, the unmanned Dragon space capsule was grappled by the International Space Station's (ISS) Canadarm-2 robotic arm, which was operated by NASA astronaut Donald Pettit. By 11:52 am EDT (1552 GMT), the privately built spacecraft was attached to the American docking port... |
26 May 2012
04:56 GMT |
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Today, May 24, saw the first-ever, privately built spacecraft flying past the International Space Station. The point of closest approach between the two vehicles was reached at 7:25 am EDT (1125 GMT).
The unmanned Dragon space capsule first fired its engines to complete this maneuver at 4:43 am EDT (0843 GMT). Once ... |
24 May 2012
07:59 GMT |
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A camera aboard the first privately built spacecraft to be heading for the International Space Station snapped a somewhat fuzzy image of the planet shortly after its launch yesterday, May 22, 2012.
Takeoff occurred at 3:44 am EDT (0744 GMT), from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, in Fl... |
23 May 2012
10:47 GMT |
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Hawthorne, California-based Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) has made history earlier today, when it launched the first privately built spacecraft to the International Space Station.
The unmanned cargo ship lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (C... |
22 May 2012
05:37 GMT |
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After suffering a computer glitch at the launch pad on Saturday, May 19, the Falcon 9 rocket that must deliver the Dragon cargo capsule to low-Earth orbit is now scheduled to take off on Tuesday, May 22.
Both spacecraft were developed and built by Hawthorne, California-based Space Exploration Technologies Corporati... |
21 May 2012
10:45 GMT |
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The Dragon cargo capsule was supposed to take off earlier today, May 19. Scheduled for 0855 GMT (4:55 am EDT), launch was aborted when an engine glitch triggered a series of safety mechanisms that shut down the Falcon 9 rocket.
Both the delivery system and the spacecraft are developed and built by Space Exploration ... |
19 May 2012
06:23 GMT |
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Immediately available in the Apple App Store and featured as "New and Noteworthy,” the PlaySay language learning app uses voice technology by Nuance Communications, Inc., the latter has announced.Using the NDEV Mobile developer program, which provides developers access to Nuance's voice recognition and tex... |
18 May 2012
16:21 GMT |
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At this point, all private space companies that are far down the line to creating space taxis are working under NASA contracts. But the space agency will not finance these efforts for ever, so officials in the emerging industry are now beginning to ponder about what's in store for them next.
This Saturday, May... |
16 May 2012
03:22 GMT |
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A manned version of the Dragon space capsule, which is being developed by Hawthorne, California-based Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX), has just passed an important review.
The vehicle is meant to allow NASA astronauts access to targets in low-Earth orbit, including the International Space Statio... |
9 May 2012
04:27 GMT |
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Officials at NASA and Hawthorne, California-based Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) announce that the launch date for the unmanned Dragon space capsule has been moved to May 19. They add that some issues related to the spacecraft and its rocket are still unresolved.
Dragon will take off aboard a S... |
5 May 2012
06:44 GMT |
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According to officials form the Hawthorne, California-based Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX), it would now appear that the Dragon space capsule is unlikely to take off on May 7, as planned.
An announcement made yesterday, May 2, indicates that the company has yet to complete software checkout pro... |
3 May 2012
09:41 GMT |
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The first private spacecraft ever to attempt to dock on the International Space Station is seen in this image undergoing preparations at its processing facility, in Florida. The unmanned Dragon space capsule is attached to the Falcon 9 medium-lift delivery system.
Both vehicles are developed by Hawthorne, California... |
2 May 2012
09:45 GMT |
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Officials from the Hawthorne, California-based Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) announced yesterday, April 23, that the launch of their Dragon spacecraft would most likely be delayed by at least a week.
Takeoff was supposed to occur on April 30, although the private company is way overdue with it... |
24 April 2012
03:12 GMT |
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In this new video released by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), experts showcase an animation of how the Dragon space capsule will be captured in low-Earth orbit, and then guided to a docking port on the International Space Station.
Since the spacecraft does not feature an automated docking system, like Russian caps... |
23 April 2012
10:43 GMT |
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Yesterday, April 22, the Russian Federal Space Agency (RosCosmos) Progress 47 spacecraft docked to the International Space Station, delivering more than 2.5 tons of supplies to the Expedition 30 crew.
The cargo includes scientific experiments, food, water, propellant for the ISS thrusters, and personal items for th... |
23 April 2012
05:54 GMT |
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The Russian Federal Space Agency (RosCosmos) launched a new resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) yesterday, April 20. The Progress 47 robotic capsule reached orbit successfully, and is expected to dock with the orbital outpost on April 22.The spacecraft took off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, in t... |
21 April 2012
05:35 GMT |
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Officials with the American space agency announced yesterday, April 16, that the planned launch of the private Dragon spacecraft is likely to proceed according to the current schedule. The success of this flight will mark the first time a space vehicle built by a private entity achieves orbital docking.
The Dragon c... |
17 April 2012
09:37 GMT |
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Hawthorne, California-based Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) may start building a private spaceport in Texas, according to an environmental review document produced by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
The purpose of the document is to clear the way for the construction to proceed, if the... |
11 April 2012
14:31 GMT |
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Officials at the Hawthorne, California-based Space Exploration Technologies Inc. (SpaceX) announced that an independent panel would soon start to review the manned version of their Dragon spacecraft, in a bid to determine whether or not it complies with NASA regulations for human spaceflight.
At this point, Dragon i... |
3 April 2012
03:58 GMT |
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Officials at the Hawthorne, California-based Space Exploration Technologies Incorporated (SpaceX) recently conducted its first NASA Crew Trial, one of two assessments meant to verify that the manned version of the company's Dragon spacecraft could be used to ferry astronauts to space.
SpaceX made no secret of ... |
19 March 2012
17:31 GMT |
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