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SpaceX Dragon Capsule Successfully Captured by ISS [View all]
Source: PC Magazine
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2404895,00.asp
SpaceX Dragon Capsule Successfully Captured by ISS
By Chloe Albanesius
May 25, 2012 10:26am EST
The SpaceX Dragon capsule was successfully captured by the International Space Station Expedition 31 crew this morning, making SpaceX the first commercial company to send a spacecraft to the ISS.
The station's robotic arm captured the Dragon at 9:56 a.m. ET after a journey that took three days, six hours, 11 minutes, and 23 seconds. At the time of capture, the ISS was 250 miles above northwest Australia and now continues over the Pacific Ocean.
The ISS crew is currently working to install the Dragon on the bottom side of the station's Harmony node.
"SpaceX has done it," NASA Mission Control in Houston announced shortly after Dragon had been captured.
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By Chloe Albanesius
May 25, 2012 10:26am EST
The SpaceX Dragon capsule was successfully captured by the International Space Station Expedition 31 crew this morning, making SpaceX the first commercial company to send a spacecraft to the ISS.
The station's robotic arm captured the Dragon at 9:56 a.m. ET after a journey that took three days, six hours, 11 minutes, and 23 seconds. At the time of capture, the ISS was 250 miles above northwest Australia and now continues over the Pacific Ocean.
The ISS crew is currently working to install the Dragon on the bottom side of the station's Harmony node.
"SpaceX has done it," NASA Mission Control in Houston announced shortly after Dragon had been captured.
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Read more: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2404895,00.asp
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