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ow.ly/i/EyMp Astronaut Don Pettit gives a thumbs-up inside the Dragon capsule. Hatch opening was at 5:53 a.m. EST... about 3 hours ago via HootSuite
@weslyons Sounds perfect to us -- enjoy the new issue! 4:55 PM May 24th via HootSuite in reply to weslyons
Get down from there, plane! What were the experimenters of piggyback airplanes thinking? ow.ly/b84KB 10:22 AM May 24th via HootSuite
Don Pettit has many talents (on Fri he'll use a robotic arm to catch a Dragon in space) and an insatiable curiosity. airspacemag.com/multimedia/The… 10:42 AM May 23rd via web
The SpaceX launch was big news, but what about the feeling of displacement at the Cape? ow.ly/b56wm 1:07 PM May 22nd via HootSuite
The 120,000-Foot Leap: Can space-diver Felix Baumgartner break the sound barrier without breaking his neck? ow.ly/b50UA 12:07 PM May 22nd via HootSuite
"The Beast": Astronaut Don Pettit explains how his exercise equipment works in space. ow.ly/b3tmD 1:22 PM May 21st via HootSuite
Our new issue comes out this week! Until you can get your hands on it, why not catch up on the U-2 issue? ow.ly/b3cT9 10:30 AM May 21st via HootSuite
This afternoon SpaceX engineers will inspect the offending engine #5 on the Falcon to see what went wrong. Still hope to launch 3:44 am Tues 3:58 AM May 19th via HootSuite
Reset the launch clock? ow.ly/i/Dy8y SpaceX now deciding if they can try again Tuesday. Press conference at 6:30 am. 2:32 AM May 19th via HootSuite
No launch. Abort at the last second, due to a bad chamber pressure in one of the Falcon engines. Disappointing, but not terribly surprising. 2:03 AM May 19th via HootSuite
The Falcon 9 rocket is now in its terminal countdown. Liftoff still scheduled for 4:55 Florida time. So far so good. #Dragon #SpaceX 1:47 AM May 19th via HootSuite
How does SpaceX save $$? Company Pres Gwynne Shotwell says going vertical on the pad saves hundreds of millions alone. ow.ly/1MqjxI 1:29 AM May 19th via HootSuite
At the NASA gate, I noted the light traffic. "This ain't no shuttle launch." Guard: "What's a shuttle? I was layed off." #SpaceX 12:53 AM May 19th via HootSuite
At the Kennedy Space Center for the most important launch since the space shuttle retired. Still "go" for 4:55 am SpaceX Falcon 9 liftoff. 12:42 AM May 19th via HootSuite
Falcon launch likely to succeed, but "odds about 50/50 on an actual berthing with the Station." Astro Tom Jones ow.ly/1MpsAa 6:10 PM May 18th via HootSuite
SpaceX has spent $1.2B so far. 1/3 has come from NASA, 1/3 from other customers, the rest from investors. Elon Musk has put in $100 million. 11:52 AM May 18th via HootSuite
Why's the window so short? Three moving objects - Earth, Falcon and ISS - and not enough extra fuel to correct unless the timing is perfect. 11:35 AM May 18th via HootSuite
SpaceX's 4:55 am launch window lasts only a second. Yikes. Company Pres. Gwynne Shotwell figures a "better than 50-50" chance of hitting it. 11:31 AM May 18th via HootSuite
Panoramic view of the SpaceX Falcon 9 pad. With no crew to board, it's smaller and simpler than a shuttle pad. ow.ly/i/DqFT 8:11 AM May 18th via HootSuite

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