NASA clears SpaceX for trial run to space station

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NASA clears SpaceX for trial run to space station

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A private company will make a trial cargo run to the International Space Station.

10 December,2011 10:36 am

A private company will make a trial cargo run to the International Space Station in February, a key step in a new US programme to buy spaceflight services on a commercial basis, NASA said on Friday.California-based Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, plans to launch a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Dragon cargo capsule from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on February 7.