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Wed Oct 10, 2012, 02:28 PM Oct 2012

Dragon Successfully Captured and Berthed at Space Station



Running ahead of time, the International Space Station Expedition 33 crew successfully captured and installed the SpaceX Dragon capsule onto the Earth-facing port of the ISS’s Harmony module. Commander Suni Williams and astronaut Akihiko Hoshide captured the commercial spacecraft with the station’s CanadArm2 robotic arm at 6:56 a.m. EDT, and Dragon was officially berthed at 9:03 am EDT.

Read more: http://www.universetoday.com/97808/dragon-successfully-captured-and-berthed-at-space-station/#ixzz28vESqzGn
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Dragon Successfully Captured and Berthed at Space Station (Original Post) pokerfan Oct 2012 OP
best news all day! nt a geek named Bob Oct 2012 #1
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