In this NASA photo, the SpaceX Dragon capsule was lifted to be placed atop its cargo ring at Cape Canaveral. The first private run to the International Space Station has been delayed again.
(NASA via Associated Press)
US space program poised to take next step
First private craft is scheduled for oft-delayed launch
In this NASA photo, the SpaceX Dragon capsule was lifted to be placed atop its cargo ring at Cape Canaveral. The first private run to the International Space Station has been delayed again.
(NASA via Associated Press)
In a refurbished Air Force hangar at Cape Canaveral, engineers from NASA and commercial space company SpaceX this week pored over data from a launchpad test of a gleaming white rocket poised to be the next step in U.S. space strategy. The review may be the final hurdle before a much-delayed and highly anticipated launch - the first attempt to send a privately designed and built unmanned spacecraft to the international space station.
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