SpaceX Dragon set to blast off to space station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A privately owned rocket was poised to blast off Sunday night on the first of a dozen space station supply missions under a mega-contract with NASA.
It will be the second time that the California-based SpaceX company tries to launch a Dragon capsule to the International Space Station.
Last May, a test flight went well. Now the real work is about to begin under a $1.6 billion contract between NASA and SpaceX. This will be the first of 12 resupply missions under that contract.
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