SpaceX's manned Dragon space capsule is a private spacecraft designed to carry seven astronauts on missions to and from low-Earth orbit. The Dragon spacecraft is a gumdrop-shaped capsule powered by two solar arrays. It is a crewed version of the robotic… more »

Econintersect:  It happened over the Indian Ocean at 12:02 pm Eastern U.S. time 25 May 2012.  The SpaceX (Space Exploration Technologies) spacecraft Dragon was attached to the entry port of the International Space Station.   This was the first commercial… more »

Econintersect: After an aborted attempt to launch on Saturday, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was successfully launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida Tuesday morning (22 May 2012). The payload was half a ton of supplies for the International… more »

Econintersect:  Three days remain until the U.S. space program, as we have known it for the past 20 years, ends on July 20.  That is the day that Atlantis is scheduled to land back on earth, completing the final flight of the space shuttle program which began with the launch of the first shuttle vehicle Columbia on April 12, 1981 (STS-1). more »