Dragon cargo ship captured, berthed to space station
The SpaceX Dragon cargo ship was captured by the International Space Station’s robot arm early Wednesday after a smooth rendezvous. The astronauts operating the arm then attached the cargo craft to the forward Harmony module’s Earth-facing docking port.
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After getting off to a rocky start with an engine failure during launch Sunday, a commercial cargo capsule loaded with a half-ton of equipment and supplies — including ice cream — carried out a flawless final approach to the International Space Station early Wednesday, pulling up to within 60 feet so Japanese astronaut…
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