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| Click
here
to read a May 16, 2008 Space.com article
where SpaceX President Elon Musk discusses
the status of the next Falcon 1 launch,
which will carry the Explorers Flight
into Earth orbit. |
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 Click
here
to read a letter from Wende Doohan about our launch
schedule. |
The Explorers Flight, named
as a tribute to the persistence of humanity in constantly
seeking new frontiers, is projected to occur in late
June/early July 2008 aboard a Space Exploration Technologies
(SpaceX) Falcon 1 launch vehicle from a site in the
Marshall Islands.
The Explorers Flight, with
208 participants
from 14 countries, will be the largest Memorial Spaceflight
ever conducted, and will be viewed around the globe
via a Web cast originating from the SpaceX Omelek Island
launch facility. Check this Web page at the time of
launch for a link to the Web cast.
Please note that while reservations for
the Explorers Flight are closed, we are taking
reservations for future Earth Orbit, Earth Return, Lunar
and Voyager Flights. Click here
for more information.
Given the great travel distances to the
Marshall Islands, the expense, and the unpredictability
of precise launch dates, Celestis will conduct the Explorers
Flight memorial service in Houston, on a weekend
3-4 weeks after the successful launch. Click here
to see the agenda for the memorial service.
As launch dates and times are
subject to change -- even at the last minute -- we encourage
you to visit this Web page often for the latest launch
news: We update this Web page as soon as news
develops. Launch dates and times can change due to technical,
weather, or range safety issues.
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