And Falcon I's Stage Separation Timing Was Off This
Weekend
It was far from a perfect flight... but they now know what
happened. That's the message Elon Musk, CEO and founder of Space
Exploration Technologies (SpaceX,) had for employees Wednesday,
regarding the company's unsuccessful Falcon I launch this
weekend.
A vital -- and, hopefully, unnecessary -- component for the
upcoming space shuttle mission to service the Hubble Space
Telescope will soon be in place. Lockheed Martin delivered Space
Shuttle External Tank-129 to NASA Wednesday, shipping the 15-story
tank from the Michoud Assembly Facility via enclosed barge at about
5 pm Wednesday evening, bound for Kennedy Space Center (KSC).
Space Florida tells ANN it has partnered with Florida District
Schools and the Florida Department of Education to fund a series of
innovative, "hands-on" workshops whose emphasis is in innovative
“Inquiry instruction” for teachers throughout the state
of Florida. The inaugural summer session of the "Inquiry Program"
will complete its 15th and final workshop on August 6 at the
Challenger Learning Center in Tallahassee, FL.
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