Thursday, May 24, 2012

Dragon At ISS

SpaceX's Dragon capsule successfully rendezvoused with ISS today, closing to witthin 1.6 miles of the station.  It was a major achievement for the first private spacecraft to fly to ISS.

NASA has given the go-ahead for the next phase of the mission.  Tomorrow, Dragon will fly even closer to ISS and be grabbed by the station's robotic arm.  The arm will then berth Dragon so the station crew can unload its cargo-- supplies and scientific equipment.

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