Maiden Flight Of The Commercial Rocket Planned For Friday,
Weather Permitting
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, and Ken Bowersox, VP of Astronaut Safety
and Mission Assurance, say the Falcon 9 maiden launch scheduled for
Friday has about a 75 percent chance of success, and regardless of
the outcome, the launch is expected to provide valuable data.
The Company Has Had Its Ups And Downs In The Decade Of Its
Existance
In July 2000, the French Aerospatiale-Matra, the German
DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (DASA) and the Spanish CASA companies
merged to become EADS, and the company says that in the ensuing
decade, it has become a global leader in the aeronautics, space,
defence and associated services sector.
Recent publications from the Aerospace Industries Association
note that, "America’s requirement for workers who are well
educated in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)
is falling far short of anticipated need...
Expedition 23 Commander Oleg Kotov and Flight Engineers T.J.
Creamer and Soichi Noguchi landed their Soyuz-17 spacecraft in
Kazakhstan Tuesday, June 1, wrapping up a five-and-a-half-month
stay aboard the International Space Station.
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