Erstellt am: 19. 5. 2012 - 10:31 Uhr

Today's Webtip: SpaceX to Spacestation

this day will probably go down in history.

The Space Shuttle might be grounded, but that doesn't mean the era of manned space flight is over. As a matter of fact, today is the first day of a whole new era as SpaceX launches the Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon space capsule for the first private provisioning flight to the international space station.

You can follow along at Space.com for a collection of written coverage, or choose one of multiple live streams.

I guess it probably won't go down in history. The launch was cancelled due to technical difficulties. Next attempt is 22nd of May. Oh well...