SpaceX's Dragon capsule docked with the International Space
Station early Wednesday to deliver nearly half a ton of
experiments and supplies. At 3:56 a.m. California time, flight
engineer Aki Hoshide on board the space station maneuvered a
robotic arm to capture the capsule about 32 feet away. He then
guided it to the station's Harmony module. About two hours
later, space station commander Sunita Williams used the robotic
arm to install SpaceX's cargo ship to a docking port on the ISS.
"Looks like we've tamed the Dragon," Williams said. "We're happy
she's on board with us." Williams thanked SpaceX and NASA for
the delivery, especially the chocolate-vanilla swirl ice cream
stashed in a freezer. The link-up occurred 250 miles above the
Pacific, just west of Baja California, 2 1/2 days after the
Dragon's launch from Cape Canaveral, Fla. "Nice flying," radioed
NASA's mission control. It was Dragon's first regular supply
mission to the orbiting lab under a $1.6 billion NASA contract
that calls for 12 such trips by