Traveling Cygnus pulls into port at the International Space Station

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station used the robotic arm to snare a commercial cargo ship and bring it aboard this morning while traveling at five miles per second. The Orbital ATK Cygnus freighter, dubbed the S.S. Rick Husband, was captured at 6:51 a.m. EDT (1051 GMT) by Expedition 47 commander and arm operator Tim Kopra floating in the station’s multi-window Cupola. “Cygnus capture is complete,” Kopra radioed to Mission Control in Houston as the spacecraft flew 252 miles above the southern Indian Ocean. “Houston copies. Excellent work gentlemen. Much appreciated. Made that look easy,” replied Jeremy Hansen, Canadian Space Agency astronaut serving as CAPCOM in Mission Control. More

(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Mar 26)