KaNaWeiLaErJiao, Florida (ap)-a commercial rocket launch to the international space station early Tuesday the material load, open a new dollar drive space time.
Falcon 9 rocket rises from the sea pad and ripped the pre-dawn sky, and aiming at the space station will be meeting later this week of the company with SpaceX create history. The rocket into orbit space station called 1000 pounds of packaging provisions dragon capsule.
This is the first time in a private company launched the ships of the space station. This is the only major government do something-until the current flight test. Launch their controller, the dragon of nine minutes into the flight track.
This time, falcon 9 engine unceasingly through launched, all the way. Last Saturday, in the second last half the rest of the flight computer scrub the launch; A bad engine valve has been replaced.
The real test comes from the international space station on Thursday at nearby. Never to a mile, it will be after practice drills. If all goes well, the docking will appear on Friday.
Space station magnified the north Atlantic, just east of Newfoundland, when falcon flight.
NASA is to the private sector to take over after the orbit of the shuttle during; Several American company for the opportunity. Our goal is to let the U.S. astronauts from the native American launch again. SpaceX company officials said, in a short span of three years, can happen, perhaps four.
Until last summer their retirement, NASA's space shuttle to the space station equipment most occasionally even the members. American astronauts aboard Russian rocket into orbit, SpaceX company or one of its rivals, until in the work need to be stuck. Russia is also regularly freight YunCheng, with Europe and Japan.
Space exploration technologies corporation-SpaceX company-headquartered in southern California. This is the company mission control center is located in this flight billionaire founder YiLong musk himself for the launch of positioning on Tuesday.
Musk, PayPal's co-founder, SpaceX company was founded ten years ago. His company into millions of his own money, and NASA contributed to the $381 million as a seed money. Of all the efforts, the company has spent more than 100 million dollars.
Early Tuesday in SpaceX company and NASA's guests into hundreds of emission region, have longed to see with my eyes the new business ages. The company has a single second to obtain its rocket flight, is all that is needed.
Everyone, it seems to be a successful flight took root. "I wish you good luck SpaceX's dragon," read "in cocoa beach near the mark.
Six of the space station astronauts, especially passion. The crew on the eve of the beam launch photos, shows two people will use the robot arm trap dragon.
In December 2010, SpaceX company become the first private company shuttle launch into orbit and retrieval. Dragon capsule paving the flight of the mission, it also means that eventually splashed down in the Pacific capsule and method.
This latest capsule is in the space station back to experiment and equipment should keep a week before. Now other types of cargo ships can not return to safety, they combustion way down.
SpaceX company and NASA officials stressed that this is a demonstration flight, even if not untoward, can learn a lot.
"Musk said," no matter what happens today, we can't do, no () NASA, but error is the most important we alone and I, through Twitter, before the launch of the rights of the suspension on Saturday. The company will try again, in fact no matter what; Two dragon supply task, plan this year.
Musk, 40 years old, as the chief executive of SpaceX and chief designer. He still run tesla's motor company, his electric car company.
Last summer, NASA's space shuttle retired. -to find, endeavour and Atlantis-the three shuttle now retired museum.




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