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Launch is scheduled for 08:55 UT, 19th May, 2012.

 

Ed ~ Live on NASA TV, (see menu bar).



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SpaceX readies historic mission

California's SpaceX company will look to establish a piece of history on Saturday when it launches its Falcon 9 rocket from Florida.
The vehicle will lift the Dragon cargo capsule into orbit on a mission to resupply the space station.
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Private company sets May 19 date for launch of 1st commercial cargo run to space station

A private U.S. company has set a new date for launching a cargo ship to the International Space Station.
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., better known as SpaceX, said Friday it was now aiming for a May 19 liftoff of its Falcon rocket and Dragon capsule. It will be the first commercial cargo run to the space station.
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This joke isn't funny anymore, SpaceX delays ISS launch... again

SpaceX has announced that it won't be able to make that May 7th launch date.
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SpaceX software hangup delays first private launch to space station

Space Exploration Technologies, a privately held firm founded and run by entrepreneur Elon Musk, is delaying its trial cargo run to the International Space Station, Musk announced Monday.
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Ed ~ I can't seem to recall any SpaceX launch that has ever went smoothly or on schedule.



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NASA Issues Statement on SpaceX Launch Date

In response to SpaceX's announcement that it has delayed launch of its Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft from April 30 to May 7, NASA issued the following statement from Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations William Gerstenmaier:

"We appreciate that SpaceX is taking the necessary time to help ensure the success of this historic flight. We will continue to work with SpaceX in preparing for the May 7 launch to the International Space Station."

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  Coverage Set for NASA/SpaceX Launch and Mission to Space Station
 
Following the completion of NASA's flight readiness review, the second SpaceX demonstration launch for NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program is scheduled for Monday, April 30. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Dragon capsule will liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. There is a single instantaneous launch opportunity at 12:22 p.m. EDT.
NASA Television launch commentary from Cape Canaveral will begin at 11 a.m.
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SpaceX Launch Set



Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, will launch its Dragon spacecraft on its second Commercial Orbital Transportation Services demonstration flight on Feb. 7, 2012. Pending completion of final safety reviews, testing and verification, SpaceX might also send Dragon to rendezvous with the International Space Station.



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F9/DRAGON:  PREPARING FOR ISS

Over the last several months, SpaceX has been hard at work preparing for their next flight - a mission designed to demonstrate that a privately-developed space transportation system can deliver cargo to and from the International Space Station (ISS). NASA has given them a Nov. 30, 2011 launch date, which should be followed nine days later by Dragon berthing at the ISS.
 NASA has agreed in principle to allow SpaceX to combine all of the tests and demonstration activities that we originally proposed as two separate missions (COTS Demo 2 and COTS Demo 3) into a single mission. Furthermore, SpaceX plans to carry additional payloads aboard the Falcon 9's second stage which will deploy after Dragon separates and is well on its way to the ISS.

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Dragon C2, also known as COTS Demo Flight 2, is the second planned flight of the unmanned SpaceX Dragon spacecraft which is planned to orbit the Earth in 2011, and the third flight of the Falcon 9 launch vehicle. The flight is the second flight in the COTS ("Commercial Orbital Transportation Services") program, a NASA program to develop and demonstrate commercial boosters for transportation to the International Space Station.
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