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SpaceX Eyes IPO

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Hawthorne-based SpaceX , the commercial rocket firm of technology mogul Elon Musk, is reportedly looking to add itself to the list of Southern California technology firms aiming at at IPO. SpaceX recently announced plans to develop the largest rocket since the Saturn V, the Falcon Heavy.

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SpaceX To Webcast Test Firing Monday

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Hawthorne-based commercial spacecraft developer SpaceX said Friday that it will be webcasting its test firing of its Falcon 9 rocket, as it prepared for its upcoming launch to dock with the International Space Station (ISS). SpaceX said it will be conducting a static fire test of the Falcon 9 on Monday, April 30th, at 2:30 P.M.

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SpaceX Plans Trip To ISS

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Hawthorne-based SpaceX said Monday that it has been given a November 30, 2011 launch date for a trip to the International Space Station.

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SpaceX To Launch Israeli Mission To The Moon

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In the first, commercial effort to deliver a payload to the moon, Hawthorne-based rocket developer SpaceX is set to launch a robotic mission from an Israeli company to the moon. Its payload--developed as part of the Google Lunar X Prize--is targeted at landing what will be the first, Israeli spacecraft to set down on the lunar surface.

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SpaceX Lands Contract For Commercial Moon Mission

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Hawthorne-based SpaceX , the commercial rocket firm run by Elon Musk, has landed a contract to deliver a payload to the moon. Astrobotic is a spinout of Carnegie Mellon University, which is using that university's technology developed for the DARPA Grand Challenge robotic automobile contest to develop a robotic, lunar lander.

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SpaceX Set To Unveil New Launchpad At Vandenberg

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Hawthorne-based SpaceX , the commercial spaceflight and rocket developer headed by tech mogul Elon Musk, is getting set today to break ground on a new launchpad at Vandenberg Air Force Base. SpaceX says it is investing $30M in a new launch pad at the base, north of Santa Barbara, as a place to launch its upcoming Falcon Heavy rocket.

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SpaceX Set For Next Resupply Mission For NASA

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Space Exploration Technologies, the commercial rocket and spaceflight firm based in Hawthorne, and headed by technology mogul Elon Musk, has seen huge success in its goal of developing its rocket and spacecraft technology to deliver supplies--and eventually, people--to space.

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