SpaceX delays first private launch to International Space Station

The gumdrop-shaped Dragon capsule will carry 521 kilograms of cargo for the
space lab and will also aim to return a 660kg load to Earth, Michael
Suffredini, International Space Station program manager, said last week.

SpaceX – owned by internet entrepreneur and PayPal co-founder Elon Musk – made
history with its Dragon launch in December 2010, becoming the first
commercial outfit to send a spacecraft into orbit and back.

SpaceX and several other companies are competing to be the first to operate a
private capsule that could tote astronauts and cargo to the ISS, after Nasa
retired its shuttle program last year leaving Russia as the world’s sole
space taxi for astronauts.

Other companies in the private space race include aerospace giant Boeing, the
Nevada-based Sierra Nevada Corporation, and Washington state-based
BlueOrigin LLC.

Source: agencies

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