SpaceX cargo capsule reaches International Space Station (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by Theresa , Monday, January 12, 2015, 10:04

A SpaceX Dragon capsule wrapped up a two-day journey to the International Space Station on Monday, the first U.S. cargo run to the orbital outpost in four months, a NASA TV broadcast showed.

Astronauts working inside the station used a robotic crane to pluck the capsule from orbit at 5:54 a.m. EST as the spaceships sailed 262 miles (422 km) over the Mediterranean Sea.

“We’re excited to have it on board,” station commander Butch Wilmore radioed to Mission Control in Houston.

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