Dragon Arrives at Space Station

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Fourth Dragon for Commercial Resupply Services Arrives at Station

The Dragon commercial cargo craft has completed a two day trip to the International Space Station after launching early Sunday morning. NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman and European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst were at the controls of the robotics workstation in the Cupola when the Canadarm2 grappled Dragon at 6:52 a.m. EST Tuesday.

Dragon will spend the next four weeks attached to the Harmony node as the Expedition 41 trio unloads 4,885 pounds of (2,216 kg) crew supplies, hardware, experiments, computer gear and spacewalk equipment. This is the fourth SpaceX mission for NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services contract, designated SpaceX CRS-4, with eight more missions slated to deliver a minimum of 20 metric tons to the station.

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U S Cargo Ship Arrives and Grapples at the International Space Station

An unmanned U.S. resupply ship arrived at the International Space Station Sept. 23, two days after its launch from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, carrying more than 5000 pounds of supplies and critical experiments to the orbital laboratory. Space Exploration Technologies Corporation’s (SpaceX) Dragon cargo vehicle was grappled by station Flight Engineers Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency and Reid Wiseman of NASA, who operated the station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm from the cupola. Dragon was subsequently berthed to the Earth-facing port of the Harmony module, where it will remain until around October 18th. This is the fourth commercial resupply mission of the station by SpaceX.

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Expedition 41 Begins Unloading New Research Delivered on Dragon

Four weeks of cargo transfers officially kicked off Wednesday as astronauts Reid Wiseman and Alexander Gerst began offloading 4,885 pounds (2,216 kg) of science, supplies and other gear.

SpaceX CRS-4 was captured at the International Space Station Tuesday morning and was quickly attached to the Harmony node. The crew opened the hatch to the Dragon commercial space freighter a day early and entered the vehicle for checks.

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