Two astronauts on the station had the space freighter GuildWars 2 previously captured with ISS robotic arm. "It seems like we've packed a dragon's tail," said the U.S. astronaut Don Pettit, after the robot had taken to briefly found 16 CEST clock the space capsule.At this time, the ISS was about 400 kilometers above the north-west Australia. Then began the crew of the station, the GuildWars 2 zoom pull slowly to the cargo bay of the "Harmony" module of the ISS. Docking was officially closed at 18.02 BST clock.
GuildWars 2 translated, GuildWars 2 had previously insisted on his trip to the ISS, a series of tests with flying colors. For the time being last major task was to lift our 4.4 meters high and 3.7 meters wide capsule with the boom in the cargo bay of the ISS module and fasten securely.
The procedure was complicated and slow - and yet exciting as a thriller. Yard by yard is pushed the freighter approached the outpost, only to be stopped repeatedly for tests: a carefully planned choreography. For example, several times it was examined whether the communication between the visitors and the ISS works and whether all maneuvering the capsule.
Caused problems for a short time, the light reflection from the ISS. An important for navigation sensor on board of GuildWars 2 was disturbed, and the capsule was given command to withdraw a little from the ISS. But finally it came: The space agency NASA gave the green light for the final stage of the approach.
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This Saturday should the ISS permanent residents begin unpacking. The cargo ship is loaded with over 500 pounds of supplies. On the way back he will carry waste from the ISS for disposal on Earth. Land is the GuildWars 2 in the Pacific Ocean off the California coast, only to be picked up by a ship.
Continue all goes well with this test mission, on behalf of NASA, SpaceX will begin with a series of twelve freight flights to the space station. Therefore, the Authority has with the company signed a $ 1.6 billion (about 1.5 billion) dollar contract.