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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Dragon Flight


The Dragon commercial space ferry seen from the International Space Station during a demonstration of its maneuvering capabilities on 24 May 2012.

Once cleared for approach, Dragon stopped 10 m from the Space Station where ESA astronaut André Kuipers and NASA astronaut Don Pettit used a robotic arm to grab and dock the spacecraft.

Dragon brought supplies and equipment to the orbital outpost and will return to Earth a week later.

Photo credit: NASA/ESA

Note: Yes, the title to this post is intentional.

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