Next Stop: International Space Station

Privately-owned company SpaceX [Space Exploration Technologies Corp., owned by PayPal co-founder Elon Musk] launches Dragon capsule, filled with 1,000 pounds of supplies, to the International Space Station as part of $1.6 billion contract with NASA for resupply missions. Read more at Fox News...  

Go Dragon! --bc
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Obama's Al-Arabiya interview

President Obama Does First Formal TV Interview as President with Al-Arabiya
By Jack Trapper, ABC's Sr. White House Correspondent
ABC News
January 26, 2009 6:29 PM

As special envoy to the Middle East, George Mitchell heads off to the region to begin work on negotiating a cease fire between Israel and the Palestinians, President Obama has sat for his first formal TV interview with the Arabic cable TV network Al-Arabiya, ABC News has learned. The interview was taped this evening and is set to air at 11 pm ET, as Mitchell is in the air and on his way to the region. Based in Dubai, Al-Arabiya estimates that it has a potential audience exceeding 23 million in the Gulf region.

p2) Mitchell leaves for the Middle East tonight; he will visit Cairo, Jerusalem, Ramallah, Amman, Riyadh, Paris and London. Gaza is not on the itinerary, at least the public one. (See video announcement) Read More......