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Published online 29 September 2008 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2008.1140
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Successful launch for fledgling rocket company
SpaceX could pioneer a cheaper future for space flight.
The fourth time was the charm for SpaceX and its Falcon 1 rocket, which soared into low Earth orbit after a successful launch yesterday.
After a trio of failed flights since March 2006, Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), based in Hawthorne, California, hopes that this marks the dawn of a new, substantially cheaper, era of space flight.
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