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Slate has an
article by
Rachael Levy and
Abby Ohlheiser about the SpaceX rocket
SpaceX's Dragon just became the first commercial vessel to reach the International Space Station. “Looks like we’ve got a Dragon by the tail,” NASA astronaut Donald Petit said, according to The New York Times, as the capsule was successfully grabbed by the ISS on Friday morning.
The unmanned capsule began its final approach to the International Space Station on Friday, inching ever closer to completing the first-ever commercial mission to the station. "It's a great view," Dutch astronaut Andre Kuipers reported from the station as he watched the private craft approach. "The solar panels are nicely lit."
The team in control of the craft had a small hiccup earlier when there was some trouble with some laser sensors, but that eleventh-hour glitch was solved. The team successfully completed its first tests of the docking procedure on Thursday.
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