Live Streaming: SpaceX Resupply of ISS

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Watch below for live streaming coverage of the first commercial resupply of the International Space Station (ISS).

At 2035ET on 7 Oct 2012, the SpaceX's Falcon 9 is set to lift off carrying a Dragon capsule with 882 pounds of cargo for the ISS.

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Live Stream: SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft Launch to International Space Station

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SpaceX Falcon 9 launch was successful! See this SpaceRef article for further details!

Edit: Countdown reached 0, but the mission was aborted! A high chamber pressure reading was detected on Engine Number 5 of the first stage. Sometimes when a Falcon 9 experiences this it is a simple fix, but because the clock was at one second before discovery the rocket will have to go through the startup sequence again and all systems need to be rechecked prior.

New Launch Date and Time: 3:44:34 a.m. EDT, Tuesday 22 May 2012.

Watch live coverage of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft on its way to the International Space Station. The Dragon capsule will launch aboard a Falcon 9 rocket at 0455 EST on May 19 2012. The video will play automatically at least one hour before the new launch. This video is hosted by SpaceFlightNow.

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Should this mission succeed (and we hope it does!) it will be the first time a commercial spacecraft has docked with the ISS. This unprecedented mission will bring the United States one step closer to eliminating reliance on Russia for launch vehicles to the ISS.

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SpaceX is Winning the Race to Mars

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In the race to the Moon the primary competitors were the Americans and the Soviets and their state funded space agencies. At the beginning of the space race the governments of both countries invested heavily in their respective space agencies because it was deemed in the best interest of their countries. America successfully sent a manned mission to the Moon on July 20, 1969 and after a few more landings, during which time the Soviets were unable to launch their own manned mission, they essentially declared victory and to this day humanity has never sent a man beyond low-Earth orbit. Thus the first space race led to one of mankind's greatest accomplishments, but culminated with disappointment for millions of space enthusiasts.

A government is a broad organization that is responsible for everything from the economy to national defense to food regulation. It makes sense that governments cannot focus on space travel and exploration when there are more pressing responsibilities closer to home it must deal with. Governments have so many tasks and responsibilities it is easy to see why exploring space has been relegated to the back burner. Space enthusiasts have long despaired over the lack of nationalistic fervor that once drove the space industry, fearing that further exploration and research would all but end in the years to come. That fear has been misplaced.

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