Wednesday, October 10, 2012

The Dragon floats underneath the International Space Station as its robotic arm grapples the SpaceX vehicle on October 10, 2012.
NASA TV

"Looks like we've tamed the Dragon..." Those were the words of astronaut Sunita Williams as she used the International Space Station's (ISS) robotic arm to guide the capsule to a successful berthing with the orbital outpost at 6:03 AM, Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) today. Dragon will stay attached to the ISS for the next 18 days as Expedition 33 crew members remove 882 pounds worth of supplies from the privately-made spacecraft before reloading it with 1,673 pounds of cargo that will return to Earth aboard the capsule on October 28. Astronauts opened Dragon's hatch one day ahead of schedule...this morning at 10:40 AM, PDT.

A view of Dragon's interior after the spacecraft's hatch was opened one day ahead of schedule, on October 10, 2012.
NASA TV
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