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Atlantis heads to Space Station after 3 month delay

Posted June 9th, 2007 by G Kontos
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Atlantis Launch June, 2007
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The NASA shuttle, Atlantis headed to the International Space Station today after a 3 month delay. The delay was caused by hail damage as the Shuttle sat on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral.

During Atlantis' planned 11 day mission they will be delivering a new segment and a pair of solar panels to the Space Station. When the shuttle is docked at the station, they will also be replacing Sunita Williams, who has spent 6 months aboard the station. Clayton Anderson will be taking her place as the US representative onboard.

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SpaceX to use Cape Canaveral

Posted April 30th, 2007 by G Kontos
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SpaceX will be allowed to operate at Cape Canaveral. This will move the launch of SpaceX's Falcon rockets from the Marshall Islands to Florida. SpaceX has been largely funded by DARPA to date. Experts claim that SpaceX will now be in direct competition with Orbital Science, who run the Minotaur rocket. The US Air Force green lighted the 5 year license agreement. It pays to do good work with DARPA, I suppose.

The article does not state if the move to cape Canaveral affected this competition. The article also does not mention how Cape Canaveral will affect the costs of running the Falcon rockets.

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