Dragon Arrived and Docked With ISS After A Tight Moment in Space
The SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft successfully arrived at the
International Space Station on Sunday, March 3, with a one day
delay caused by an intitial problem with engaging the on-board
thrusters. Two days after its launch from Cape Canaveral Air
Force Station in Florida, the Dragon capsule with valueable
supplies and scientific experiments was captured by Expedition
34 Commander Kevin Ford and NASA Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn
using the station's Canadarm2 robotic arm. Like Us on Facebook
Different to the larger European resupply spacecraft ATV, Dragon
doesn't have its own automatic docking mechanism and thus has to
approach the ISS very closely to be then grabbed by the robotic
arm of the space station. Ground controllers at Mission Control,
Houston, took over control at that point, maneuvering Canadarm2
to carefully install the Dragon onto the Earth-facing port of
the Harmony module, where it was bolted in place. Dragon's hatch
will be op