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Private Cargo Rocket Heads to Space Station
SpaceX, “a private cargo rocket bound for the International Space Station, blasted off early Tuesday morning in what NASA hopes will mark an important step in handing routine space missions over to the private sector.”
May 22, 0744 UTC / 3:44am EDT / 16:44 JST - Falcon 9 carrying Dragon ( COTS 2 ) [NASA]
Looking like a bright star streaking up into a black sky, a rocket took off before dawn today from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida carrying an unmanned capsule filled with food, clothes, and other supplies for astronauts on the international space station.
But this robotic cargo ship doesn’t belong to NASA. Instead, it’s owned by a company called SpaceX, which made history by launching the first ever private spacecraft on a mission to the station.
SpaceX has a $1.6 billion cargo-delivery contract with NASA, which is turning routine flights to the station over to industry so that the veteran space agency can start to focus on more ambitious exploration efforts. (NPR)
Photo: Historic @SpaceX #DragonLaunch to ISS. @NASA on Twitpic
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Lockout (2012)
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Maggie Grace, Lockout (2012)
Anybody else automatically think Escape From New York after watching that first trailer?
Yes, I think Escape. Lockout doesn’t seem very original, but at least it’s a new film with new characters about an old theme, not another remake.
