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SpaceX Plans Trip To ISS

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Hawthorne-based SpaceX said Monday that it has been given a November 30, 2011 launch date for a trip to the International Space Station.

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SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch Set For Today

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Hawthorne-based SpaceX , the commercial rocket firm headed by Elon Musk, is set for its first test launch attempt of its Falcon 9 launch vehicle this morning, at 8am Pacific. SpaceX is developing commercial rockets to supply the International Space Station and also to deliver other cargo to orbit.

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SpaceX Selects Texas For Launch Facility

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Hawthorne-based commercial rocket development firm SpaceX --which is led by tech mogul Elon Musk--is setting up a commercial spaceport in Texas, after a number of incentives offered by the state to attract the firm. The State of Texas said it will offer up $2.3M READ MORE>>.

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SpaceX Ties With Firm To Offer Passengers Flight To Private Space Stations

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Hawthorne-based SpaceX and a firm working on developing its own, orbiting space station designs said Thursday they that have partnered to carry passengers to private space stations on the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft.

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SpaceX Gets For Another Reuse Milestone

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Hawthorne-based SpaceX is getting set to reach another milestone in its development of space exploration technology, which is to push the reuse of its rockets even further. SpaceX's latest design, the Falcon 9 Block 5, is designed for nearly continuous reuse with a minimal amount of reconditioning on each rocket.

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SoCal's Space Industry Powers New Space Startup: Stratolaunch

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According to Stratolaunch today, it is leveraging technology from both Mojave-based Scaled Composites , and Hawthorne-based Space Exploration Technologies to create a new, air-launch system to provide orbital access to space. READ MORE>>.

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SpaceX Aims For Falcon Heavy Launch On February 6th

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Hawthorne-based SpaceX , the commercial rocket and spacecraft developer led by technology mogul Elon Musk, is aiming at its first launch of its new Falcon Heavy rocket for February 6th. SpaceX conducted a static firing test on the new rocket design last week.

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