Photos of Dragon's arrival at the space station

BY STEPHEN CLARK
SPACEFLIGHT NOW
Posted: April 22, 2014

A Dragon cargo craft stuffed with science and supplies approached the International Space Station for an automated laser-guided final rendezvous Sunday, culminating with grapple by the outpost's robotic arm.

Owned and operated by SpaceX, the Dragon spacecraft completed a 40-hour trip from launch to the international research complex at 7:14 a.m. EDT (1114 GMT), when space station commander Koichi Wakata guided the lab's robot arm to grapple the free-flying cargo capsule.

The linkup occurred as the space station and Dragon spacecraft flew 30 feet apart about 260 miles over the Nile River basin of Egypt.

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Photo credit: Oleg Artemyev/Roscosmos