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- SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soared into space from Space Launch Complex-40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying the Dragon capsule to orbit at 3:44 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, May 22, 2012. The launch is the company's second demonstration test flight for NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services, or COTS, Program. During the flight, there will be a series of check-out procedures to test and prove Dragon's systems, including rendezvous and berthing with the International Space Station. If the capsule performs as planned, the cargo and experiments it is carrying will be transferred to the station. Image Credit: NASA/Alan Ault
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Daily Archives: June 16, 2008
Interservice Joke
A Marine and a sailor were sitting in a bar one day arguing over which was the superior service. After a swig of beer the Marine says, ‘Well, we had Iwo Jima.’ Arching his eyebrows, the sailor replies, ‘We had … Continue reading