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Carnival of Space #352

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Welcome to the Carnival of Space! This is CoS #352, once again hosted by Everyday Spacer. We invite you to the Carnival, if applicable, and you can learn how it works when you visit this page. This time we explore … Continue reading

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Carnival of Space #298

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Once again, EverydaySpacer.com hosts the Carnival of Space.  This week it’s #298.  So glad you could make it!  Watch for new additions as the week progresses and we update this post. Every week, a different blogger hosts a variety of … Continue reading

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If You Are In…

From:  Space Calendar …online …Washington, D.C. …Glasgow, United Kingdom …Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia …Columbia, MD …Pasadena CA Or …Houston or San Antonia, TX 2013 Jan 14 — The Space Foundation, Astronauts Memorial Foundation, NASA, Online: Application Deadline: 2013 Alan Shepard Technology … Continue reading

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Pray for the Emerging Spacer Industry

From:  AmericaSpace The next launch of one of SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft atop one of the company’s Falcon 9 rockets is now slated to occur no earlier than March of next year. The second commercial flight of Space Exploration Technologies’ (SpaceX) … Continue reading

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SPACEX TESTS GRASSHOPPER ROCKET IN TWO-STORY HOP

Received by email this morning… SPACEX TESTS GRASSHOPPER ROCKET IN TWO-STORY HOP On November 1, 2012, SpaceX’s Grasshopper – a 10-story vertical takeoff and landing (VTVL) vehicle — lifted nearly two stories in an 8-second duration test hop. The rocket … Continue reading

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DRAGON SPACECRAFT RETURNS TO EARTH IN FIRST OFFICIAL CARGO RESUPPLY MISSION TO SPACE STATION

Received email: Hawthorne, CA — Today at 12:22 p.m. PT, SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft returned to Earth from the International Space Station, safely splashing down approximately 250 miles off the coast of southern California. “This historic mission signifies the restoration of … Continue reading

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Watch for the Soyuz to dock With ISS and Dragon to Undock This Week

From:  CBC News The Russian Soyuz spacecraft is scheduled to dock with the International Space Station at 8:30 a.m. ET Thursday. Two Russian flight engineers and one American are aboard: Oleg Novitskiy, Evgeny Tarelkin and Kevin Ford. They will join … Continue reading

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Design Something Part 3

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Maybe you’d rather do something a little less object oriented and devote your energy and creativity into a business like Gwynne Shotwell does.  Gwynne (pictured) is the current president of SpaceX.  She’s in charge of people who build stuff. “HAWTHORNE, … Continue reading

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Mission Underway!

  SPACEX LAUNCHES FIRST OFFICIAL CARGO RESUPPLY MISSION TO SPACE STATION   Cape Canaveral, FL — Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) today successfully launched its Dragon spacecraft aboard a Falcon 9 rocket on the first official cargo resupply mission to the … Continue reading

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Catch a Dragon By the Tail?

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If you are anywhere near Cape Canaveral, FL, USA Sunday night, October 7th, there is a chance to see the rocket contrail of the SpaceX Dragon launch.  It launches a little late – still worth looking for. This flight is … Continue reading

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