SpaceX Dragon Arrives at Space Station, Delivers Inflatable Room Prototype

SpaceX's Dragon cargo ship is captured by the International Space Station's robotic arm in this view from an exterior camera on April 10, 2016. The unmanned Dragon delivered 7,000 lbs. of supplies to the space station for NASA. Credit: NASA TV A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station today (April 10) to deliver vital supplies, science experiments and a prototype inflatable space habitat for the orbiting outpost and its six-person crew. Launched on Friday (April 8) from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the Dragon pulled up to space station on this morning where it was captured by the orbital complex's Canadarm2 robotic arm. "It looks like we caught a Dragon," British astronaut Tim Peake of the European Space Agency radioed to Mission Control after snagging the spacecraft with the station's arm. More

(Source: Space.com - Apr 10)