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SpaceX Falcon1 Finally Gets Into Orbit, Makes History [SpaceX]
gizmodo.com - 9/29/2008
SpaceX Falcon1 Finally Gets Into Orbit, Makes History [SpaceX]
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After three failed attempts, one scattering of Scotty's ashes over the Pacific Ocean, and a few mid-air explosions, the SpaceX Falcon 1 rocket has finally reached orbit. The achievement marks a major milestone for Elon Musk, whose visions of a privately-funded rocket program appeared just out ...
Next for SpaceX: Falcon 9, NASA, Humans and the Moon?
blog.wired.com - 9/30/2008
Next for SpaceX: Falcon 9, NASA, Humans and the Moon?
— blog.wired.com — With a successful Falcon 1 launch under their belt, SpaceX has set its sights on hauling cargo... for NASA with the larger Falcon 9 rocket, transporting crews to the International Space Station in its Dragon capsule, and landing on the... (more) Next for SpaceX: Falcon 9, NASA, Humans and the Moon?
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SpaceX Falcon 1 Finally Makes It Into Orbit
pointniner.com - 9/29/2008
SpaceX Falcon 1 Finally Makes It Into Orbit
— pointniner.com — Well I guess SpaceX CEO Elon Musk won't have to commit suicide after all. His company finally... got their Falcon 1 rocket into orbit today following a successful launch from the U.S. Army's Ronald Reagan Ballistic Defense Test Site on the Kwajalein ... (more) SpaceX Falcon 1 Finally Makes It Into Orbit
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SpaceX Falcon 1 goes into orbit
science.slashdot.org - 9/29/2008
SpaceX Falcon 1 goes into orbit
— science.slashdot.org — SpaceX Falcon 1 goes into orbit (more) SpaceX Falcon 1 goes into orbit
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SpaceX Falcon 1 Finally Gets Into Orbit, Makes History [SpaceX]
gizmodo.com 9/29/2008 — After three failed attempts, one scattering of Scotty's ashes over the Pacific Ocean, and a few mid-air explosions, the SpaceX Falcon 1 rocket has finally reached orbit. The achievement marks a major milestone for Elon Musk, whose visions of a ...
SpaceX Falcon Makes It To Orbit (4th Time’s A Charm)
ohgizmo.com 9/29/2008 — By Evan Ackerman SpaceX’s Falcon 1 rocket successfully entered low Earth orbit yesterday, making it the first privately funded liquid fuel rocket to reach orbit with a payload. The Falcon 1 is a two stage rocket powered by liquid oxygen ...
SpaceX Falcon Video Shows How Simple a 10-Minute Ride to Orbit Is [Whooosh] — Gizmodo
This is the on-rocket video of SpaceX's successful Falcon 1 launch. The Earth gets smaller, the sky gets darker, the engines burn cleanly, all systems remain nominal, and 10 minutes later the little rocket that finally could is in orbit...as simply as that. Check out the jubilant cheers from ...
SpaceX Falcon 1 reaches orbit — SlashGear
After many blunders, the SpaceX Falcon 1 has reached orbit successfully. The privately-funded rocket program, backed by Elon Musk, has finally been realized after three attempts that failed, resulting in the scattering of “Scotty,” actor James Montgomery Doohan from Star Trek ...
Fourth time lucky for SpaceX — Boing Boing Gadgets
SpaceX's Falcon 1 has made it into space on the company's fourth attempt. From Wired Science : After three failed launches, the company founded by Elon Musk worked all of the bugs out of their Falcon 1 launch vehicles. As the rocket ascended, cheers rang out during every crucial stage of ...