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SpaceX Donates Payload Space Aboard Rocket

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Monday, January 26th, 2009

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Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) donated experimental payload space aboard an upcoming flight of the Dragon spacecraft to support the Heinlein Trust Microgravity Research Competition. The winner's experimental payload will remain in the microgravity environment for an extended period of time before returning to Earth. Historically, these opportunities have been limited by availability on Shuttle, often involving a waiting period of many years. "SpaceX is excited to offer our Dragon spacecraft as a platform for in-space experimentation services to mainstream…

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