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AUT University's Institute of Radio Astronomy and Space Research will track re-entry of the first private space flight to the International Space Station .

By The Associated Press EURO SLAMMED: The euro slid to a 22-month low against the dollar after a credit ratings agency warned that Spain's finances were weakening.

WASHINGTON & HAWTHORNE, Calif. -- -- Today, Intelsat, the world's leading provider of satellite services, and Space Exploration Technologies , the world's fastest growing space launch company, announced the first commercial contract for the Falcon Heavy rocket.

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station captured Space Exploration Technologies' Dragon cargo ship on Friday, the first privately owned vehicle to reach the orbital outpost.

A fire-breathing "Dragon" flew atop a "Falcon" that was granted its powers by "Merlin." Though the scene could be out of a fantasy novel, it is also literally true.

Proach Models, based on BC's Sunshine Coast, has just signed a deal to become the first official producer and distributor of replica SpaceX spacecraft, including the Falcon 9 and Dragon spacecraft.

Now that a privately-built capsule has completed its historic hook-up with the International Space Station, investors may want to tread lightly before boldly going where few have gone before.

The arrival of the first commercial spacecraft at the International Space Station this week is paramount to the golden spike that completed the first railroad to span the United States 143 years ago this month, an astronaut on the orbiting lab said Saturday .

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station opened the hatch and floated inside a Space Exploration Technologies' Dragon capsule on Saturday, the first privately owned spaceship to reach the orbital outpost, NASA said.

For the first time, a commercial craft docked at the International Space Station.

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May 24, 2012 -- On Thursday morning, Space Exploration Technologies' Dragon capsule successfully carried out a complex set of orbital maneuvers around the International Space Station .

In Hawthorne, California, birthplace of the Beach Boys and just minutes south of Los Angeles International Airport, Space Exploration Technologies is making the futuristic "final frontier" envisioned in movies like "Star Trek" a near-term reality.

Chaminade High School students Paige D'Andrea and Max Holden put grape juice in a tube at Chaminade, Wednesday, May 23, 2012.

The SpaceX Falcon 9 test rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, May 22, 2012.

A privately built space capsule that is zipping its way to the International Space Station has also launched something else: A new for-profit space race.

APRIL 5: Elon Musk, CEO of Space Exploration Technologies Corp, speaks during a news conference on April 5, 2011 The launch of SpaceX's Falcon 9 yesterday was a landmark moment for the commercial exploitation of space.

CEO Elon Musk characterized the arrival of the Model S, a month earlier than previously expected, as a continuation of the company's plan to reduce oil dependence and to transform the company into a mass-production automaker.

The first private spaceship is headed to the International Space Station. Some questions and answers about the cargo mission by Space Exploration Technologies, known as SpaceX: A: It's not the ship or what's in it that makes this important.

Scotty has finally been beamed up. The ashes of the actor James Doohan, who played Scotty on the 1960s television series "Star Trek," were launched to space this morning on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.