SpaceX is ready to launch its Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Dragon cargo capsule to the International Space Station at 10:10 AM ET this morning. The mission will be SpaceX's third flight to the space station, following the historic first docking in May 2012 and another run in October. Once again, the craft will be ferrying supplies for astronauts and new science experiments to be conducted in orbit. All of the missions have been part of a $1.6 billion contract with NASA for 12 cargo resupply flights, with a larger goal of making commercial spaceflight routine. You can catch live updates of today's launch countdown on SpaceX's Twitter and website or watch a livestream below, starting at 9:30 AM ET:
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/1/4043220/watch-spacex-launch-dragon-to-space-station-third-mission
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