Space Station Crew Welcomes World's First Commercial Cargo Craft

Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Don Pettit of NASA, Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers of the European Space Agency and Flight Engineer Joe Acaba of NASA grappled and berthed the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft to the station's Harmony module May 25, 2012, marking a milestone in spaceflight history. Dragon became the first commercially developed space vehicle to be launched to the station to join Russian, European and Japanese resupply craft that service the complex while restoring a U.S. capability to deliver cargo to the orbital laboratory.

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[ReelNASA]

Dragon was built and launched by a company called SpaceX.

[lithiumdeuteride]

The increased radiation in low Earth orbit means the camera pixels get damaged quickly. You're seeing ruined pixels, which is why the bright spots are completely motionless relative to the borders of the image, even with a shaky hand-held camera.

[beepIL]

hooray! another milestone reached.

congrats

[Chaps0n]

how come you see stars and clouds in the background at 07:00 and then 10 seconds later when the image changes the stars are still there but the clouds are not?

[MirceaKitsune]

What races are we trading with?

[Albert Einstein]

9:50 dragon capsule has cloaking ability

[Miduay]

Russian rocket most reliable in the world. The percentage of accidents is the lowest. Very efficient and cheap. Engineers in the Soviet Union were able to make good use of the laws of nature and do a simple technique that works like itself without unnecessary complex devices. Besides, there is a perfect workmanship of detail and production. The largest number of successful launch in the world is produced by Russian rockets from the Russians Cosmodromes. You are it asking?

[bary1234]

That helped even more. You are a freaking one-man wikipedia.

[Miduay]

The first help themselves. Information and opportunities are many. No desire to tell well-known things.

[bary1234]

Well, thanks for the information comrade. Helped a bunch.

[Miduay]

It is strange that in the information age, there are poorly informed people like you.

[bary1234]

Thats not the news that I've heard lately. Russian rockets have been exploding plenty.

But I dont really have enough data to talk about this. And I am too lazy to look it up, so I'm going to take your word for it. Thanks for your time!