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SpaceX makes delivery to ISS

Astronauts have captured SpaceX's Dragon cargo ship, a day after a GPS problem prevented the capsule from coming too close.

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SpaceX has made good on a delivery at the International Space Station despite being a day late.

Astronauts captured SpaceX's Dragon cargo ship on Thursday, a day after a GPS problem prevented the capsule from coming too close. The navigation error was quickly fixed, and everything went smoothly the second time around.

The Dragon - loaded with 2494kg of supplies - rocketed away on Sunday from NASA's historic moon pad in Florida. The pad had been idle for nearly six years.

The station's six-person crew will accept another shipment on Friday, this one from the Russians.

Given the Dragon's delayed arrival, the astronauts need to open it up as soon as they can to retrieve sensitive science experiments. Forty mice need to be unloaded. They're part of a wound-healing experiment.


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