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NASA clears SpaceX for cargo run to space station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – NASA on Monday cleared
a cargo ship owned by Space Exploration Technologies for a test
flight to the International Space Station that is scheduled to
launch on April 30, NASA officials said. The Dragon mission
would be the first time a privately owned and operated vessel
visits the space station, a $100 billion research laboratory
owned by the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan and Canada
that orbits about 240 miles above Earth.
