Following is a summary of current science news briefs.
SpaceX capsule docks at space station, opens new era
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – Astronauts aboard the
International Space Station captured the SpaceX Dragon cargo
ship and guided the privately owned craft into a docking berth
on Friday, opening a new chapter in the U.S. space program. The
unmanned capsule was the first commercial spaceship to reach
the orbital outpost.
Astronauts float inside SpaceX Dragon capsule
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – Astronauts aboard the
International Space Station opened the hatch and floated inside
a Space Exploration Technologies’ Dragon capsule on Saturday,
the first privately owned spaceship to reach the orbital
outpost, NASA said. Running ahead of schedule, station
commander Oleg Kononenko and flight engineer Don Pettit opened
the hatch to Dragon just before 6 a.m. EDT (1000 GMT), NASA
mission commentator Josh Byerly reported from Mission Control
in Houston.
