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ISS Robotic Arm Captures Dragon Capsule

Posted by Unknown on from the capitalists-...-in-space! dept.

puddingebola writes "From the aricle, 'The SpaceX Dragon capsule has been successfully grabbed by the International Space Station, marking the first time a private American space flight has run a supply mission to the orbiting platform. The crew of the ISS snatched Dragon out of orbit ahead of schedule, using the space station's robotic arm to guide the capsule in after its careful approach.' NASA has also posted video of the docking."

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  1. just a thought... by PopeRatzo · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't have time to read all the details, but I don't think we should be messing with any dragons.

    I've read enough books to know it usually doesn't end well.

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  2. Ahead of schedule capture by jfholcomb · · Score: 5, Funny

    Anyone else think that the reason they got it done so fast was the little freezer full of ice cream on board?

  3. Second docking but first contracted supply mission by Geoffrey.landis · · Score: 5, Informative

    Right, in May they demonstrated docking to the Space Station, but it wasn't a supply mission, it was a launch and docking demonstration flight. That first flight did carry some miscellaneous stuff and some student experiments, but it wasn't carrying supplies critical to station operation.

    As the summary says, this was the first actual contracted supply mission.

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  4. Re:Yes but... by Talderas · · Score: 5, Insightful

    http://xkcd.com/605/

    Describes you. I think.

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