Cargo Dragon Berthed to Station

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 6:01 p.m. EDT on July 25, 2019, carrying the Dragon spacecraft on the company's 18th Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-18) mission to the International Space Station.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 6:01 p.m. EDT on July 25, 2019, carrying the Dragon spacecraft on the company’s 18th Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-18) mission to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Tony Gray and Kenny Allen

Two days after its launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, SpaceX’s Cargo Dragon spacecraft was captured by NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Christina Koch at 9:11 a.m. EDT on Saturday, July 27, using the International Space Station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm. The spacecraft is now installed to the nadir port of the space station’s Harmony module for its month-long stay.

The company’s 18th Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-18) mission delivered around 5,000 pounds of supplies, equipment and material that will directly support multiple science and research investigations taking place during Expedition 60 and beyond.

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