Commercial Space Race Heats Up as Antares Rocket Creeps Up on Falcon 9

The Falcon 9 rocket, which made its fifth successful flight on 1 March, has stolen the spotlight in the commercial space race. Built by SpaceX, a young company based in Hawthorne, California, the rocket has become NASA’s choice for hauling cargo to the International Space Station (ISS). But it may soon have competition from a rocket that has kept a low profile (see  ‘Battle of the rockets’ ). [More]

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