The docking took place at 09:57 (16:57 Moscow time).
American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) on Friday successfully launched the Dragon spacecraft carrying water, foodstuffs and scientific devices toward the International Space Station (ISS).
The Falcon 9 carrier rocket with the cargo spacecraft blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 20:43 UTC.
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10/4/16
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ReplyDeleteThe US aerospace company's unmanned Dragon cargo ship, carrying lettuce seeds, lab mice and an inflatable pop-up room, arrived on Sunday at the space station where six spacecraft are now docked.
British astronaut Tim Peake reached out with the station's robotic arm and grappled the Dragon, carrying its nearly 3,175kg of gear, at 7:23am (11:23 GMT).
"It looks like we've caught a Dragon," said Peake.
Four Russian spaceships - two Progress cargo carriers and two Soyuz capsules which ferry astronauts - are docked at the space station, along with Orbital ATK's Cygnus cargo ship and SpaceX's Dragon.
Not since 2011, during the final flight of the space shuttle Discovery, have there been six vehicles parked at the ISS at the same time, NASA said......aljazeera.com