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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

SpaceX launch - May 22,2012


SpaceX ,controlled by billionaire Elon Musk, launched the Falcon 9 rocket at 3:44 a.m.on May 22,2012 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. SpaceX will make history if its unmanned Dragon capsule docks at the station as scheduled on May 25, 2012 delivering more than 1,000 pounds of food, clothing and lab equipment.
A Space Exploration Technologies Corp. rocket lifted off on May 22,2012 in the company’s second attempt to send the first commercial vehicle to the International Space Station.
Space Exploration Technologies Corporation or SpaceX is a Space Transport company headquartered in Hawthorne,California founded in 2002 by former PayPal entrepreneur Elon Musk.
Space X has developed the Falcon 1 and Falcon 9 space boosters, both of which are built with a goal of becoming reusable launch vehicles.
 

On May 22, 2012, Space X's Falcon 9 rocket carried the unmanned Dragon capsule into space, marking the first time a private company has sent a spacecraft to the space station

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