NASA Sets Date for Dragon's Space Station Debut

A spaceship developed by privately owned Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) is scheduled for launch Feb. 7 on an unprecedented mission to the International Space Station, NASA announced Friday. The U.S. space agency has been working with two firms -- SpaceX and Orbital Sciences Corp -- to develop cargo ships that can ferry supplies to the space station, following the retirement of the space shuttles this summer. SpaceX debuted its Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule during a two-orbit mission last December. It now has the green light from NASA to combine its next two demonstration missions into a single flight and berth at the space station, if all goes as planned during the flight. More

(Source: Discovery News - Dec 10)