SpaceX cargo arrives at crowded space station
Source: yahoo news
SpaceX cargo arrives at crowded space station
Kerry Sheridan
April 10, 2016
Four Russian spaceships -- two Progress cargo carriers and two Soyuz capsules which ferry astronauts -- are docked at the International Space Station, along with Orbital ATK's Cygnus cargo ship and SpaceX's Dragon (AFP Photo/HO)
Miami (AFP) - SpaceX's unmanned Dragon cargo ship, carrying lettuce seeds, lab mice and an inflatable pop-up room, arrived Sunday at a crowded International Space Station where six spacecraft are now docked.
British astronaut Tim Peake reached out with the station's robotic arm and grappled the Dragon, carrying its nearly 7,000 pounds (3,175 kilograms) of gear, at 7:23 am (1123 GMT).
"It looks like we've caught a Dragon," said Peake.
Four Russian spaceships -- two Progress cargo carriers and two Soyuz capsules which ferry astronauts -- are docked at the space station, along with Orbital ATK's Cygnus cargo ship and SpaceX's Dragon.
Not since 2011, during the final flight of the space shuttle Discovery, have there been six vehicles parked at the ISS at the same time, NASA said
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