The S.S. John Glenn, Orbital ATK's seventh Cygnus cargo spacecraft to deliver supplies and science for the crew on board the International Space Station, completed a four-day flight to the outpost on Saturday morning (April 21).
Expedition 51 flight engineer Thomas Pesquet of ESA (the European Space Agency), working with commander Peggy Whitson of NASA, captured the John Glenn using the space station's Canadarm2 robotic arm at 6:05 a.m. EDT (1005 GMT).
"We are very proud to welcome on board the S.S. John Glenn," said Pesquet.
With the Cygnus in grasp, flight controllers at NASA's Mission Control Center in Houston will guide the spacecraft to a berthing on the Earth-facing port of the space station’s Unity module, where it will remain attached for the next 85 days.