The flight will be scrubbed for at least three days if the company's 18-story Falcon 9 rocket and teardrop-shaped Dragon capsule aren't ready.

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Without the required fuel reserve, NASA won't allow docking because Dragon might not be able to safely depart or properly position itself to re-enter the atmosphere.

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Didn't get enough of the Dragon capsule launch this week?

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But, as SpaceX chief Elon Musk likes to point out, Dragon is designed with windows and you don't need windows for cargo.

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If you didn't manage to follow the whole Space X Dragon mission, then a handy video featuring the highlights of the recent journey found its way onto YouTube this week.

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The "Dragon Tattoo" duo say their icy, ominous score wasn't intended as a rebuke of symphonic schmaltz.

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While toy company Rich Legend Enterprises Ltd. has been making Lunar New Year toys for 10 years, including 10, 000 dragon toys last year, marketing director Gary Wong says it didn't bother with similar production this year.

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