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SpaceX Dragon capsule arrives at space station
May 25, 2012
May 25, 2012
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small, elite group of government agencies.
On Thursday, the capsule made a practice fly-by. It returned early Friday, and the capsule had to go through a series of stop-and-go demonstrations to prove it was under good operating control.
As the capsule drew within 100 feet (33 meters), flight controllers told it to retreat as the SpaceX company resolved a problem with on-board tracking sensors. Stray reflections from the Japanese part of the space station were interfering with the sensors, officials said. The docking operation soon resumed.
NASA ordered extra checks of the Dragon's imagers as the capsule drew closer to
small, elite group of government agencies.
On Thursday, the capsule made a practice fly-by. It returned early Friday, and the capsule had to go through a series of stop-and-go demonstrations to prove it was under good operating control.
As the capsule drew within 100 feet (33 meters), flight controllers told it to retreat as the SpaceX company resolved a problem with on-board tracking sensors. Stray reflections from the Japanese part of the space station were interfering with the sensors, officials said. The docking operation soon resumed.
NASA ordered extra checks of the Dragon's imagers as the capsule drew closer to
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