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Waco SpaceX facility prepares rocket for launch

Is it a natural disaster? Is it the apocalypse? Not to worry – it’s SpaceX!

Waco is home to the only development facility of privately owned spacecraft company, Space Exploration Technologies Corp., also known as SpaceX. Once parts for rockets and space craft are engineered and maufactured at other SpaceX locations around the country, Waco is the place they are sent to be tested before they are sent to a different SpaceX location to be launched, said Jeff Van Treuren, the test director at the Waco facility.

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SpaceX resets 1st private cargo launch to ISS for May 19

A private U.S. company has set a new date for launching a cargo ship to the International Space Station.

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Job fair coming to Baylor, bringing opportunities

Students in the market for an internship or post-graduation job can potentially find employment at Baylor Career Services’ STEM Job Fair, Thursday from 1 to 4 p.m. on the fifth floor of the Cashion Academic Center. This is the first successful year to hold the fair in the last two years due to the previous state of the economy.

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Fair helps students grab jobs by the STEM

After the cancellation of the 2010 STEM (Science/Technology/Engineering/Mathematics) Job Fair due to jobs cut by the economic recession, recruiters from more than 15 companies are returning to Baylor for this year’s job fair.

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