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Forum:Commercial Space - Military Space
Topic:SpaceX Dragon CRS-6 flight to the space station
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Robert Pearlman
Dragon captured at space station

SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft arrived in the vicinity of the International Space Station on Friday morning (April 17), two days after launching to the orbiting laboratory with cargo and supplies for the Expedition 43 crew.

Flight engineer Samantha Cristoforetti, assisted by commander Terry Virts, successfully captured the Dragon using the Canadarm2 robotic arm at 5:55 a.m. CDT (1055 GMT) as the station and spacecraft were traveling 257 statue miles over the Pacific Ocean just east of Japan.

Flight controllers in Houston then used the robotic arm to berth the Dragon to the station's Harmony node at 8:29 a.m. CDT.

Robert Pearlman
Dragon departs space station, return to Earth

SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft was released by the International Space Station's robotic arm at 6:04 a.m. CDT (1104 GMT) Thursday (May 21).

The CRS-6 Dragon is returning to Earth with more than 3,100 pounds (1,400 kilograms) of NASA cargo and science samples from human research, biology and biotechnology studies, as well as physical science investigations and education activities sponsored by NASA and the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), the nonprofit organization responsible for managing research aboard the U.S. national laboratory portion of the space station.

Update: The cargo-laden capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean at 11:42 a.m. CDT, off the coast of Long Beach, California.

See here for discussion of SpaceX's sixth Dragon CRS flight to the ISS.

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