Friday, February 3, 2012

SpaceX Launch to Space Station Slips to April

1st Private Spaceship Flight to Space Station May Slip to April: NASA

Date: 02 February 2012 Time: 05:37 PM ET
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Dragon Spacecraft in Orbit Illustration
Artist’s rendition of SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft with solar panels fully deployed on orbit.
CREDIT: SpaceX
The launch of the first privately built spaceship to the International Space Station is targeted for late March, but will most likely lift off in early April, a top NASA space station official said today (Feb. 2).
The unmanned Dragon space capsule, built by California-based Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), was originally scheduled to launch on a demonstration flight to the orbiting complex on Feb. 7, but the company announced last month that more time is needed to prepare the vehicle for flight.

MORE: http://www.space.com/14460-spacex-dragon-spacecraft-launch-delay.html


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