Sunday, May 27, 2012

International Space Station (ISS) crew members Don Pettit, Joe Acaba and André Kuipers pose for a group photo inside the Dragon C2+ vehicle on May 26, 2012.
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Photos of the Day... Posted below are high-resolution images, taken by European Space Agency astronaut André Kuipers, of the Dragon C2+ vehicle as it berthed with the International Space Station (ISS) for the very first time last Friday. Yesterday morning, ISS crew members entered the SpaceX capsule to begin unloading 1,000 pounds worth of cargo from inside the privately-made craft. The unloading operation should take around 25 hours (spread out over four days) to complete. Dragon C2+ will then depart from the ISS and head back to Earth on May 31. It will open its parachutes and splash down in the Pacific hundreds of miles off the coast of Southern California that day.

Dragon C2+ floats underneath the ISS prior to the SpaceX vehicle being berthed to the orbital outpost on May 25, 2012.
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A close-up of Dragon C2+ prior to it being berthed to the ISS on May 25, 2012.
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History is made as the ISS' robotic arm grapples Dragon C2+ prior to it berthing at the outpost on May 25, 2012.
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History is made as the ISS' robotic arm grapples Dragon C2+ prior to it berthing at the outpost on May 25, 2012.
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History is made as Dragon C2+ is finally berthed to the ISS, on May 25, 2012.
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