The Journal of Space Commerce

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Cargo Dragon Docks to International Space Station

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Tom Patton
Dec 22, 2021
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While the International Space Station was traveling more than 260 miles over the South Pacific Ocean, a SpaceX cargo Dragon spacecraft autonomously docked to the space-facing side of the orbiting laboratory’s Harmony module at 3:41 a.m. EST, Wednesday, Dec. 22. NASA astronauts Raja Chari and Thomas Marshburn monitored docking operations for Dragon.

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