Canadarm Ready to Ensnare Space Dragon after March 1 Blast Off

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Canadarm2 pictured through a window aboard the ISS will be used to grapple the SpaceX Dragon after planned March 1 liftoff. Credit: NASA/Thomas Mashburn

Wouldn’t you love to wake up to this gorgeous view of our home planet as a big hand waves a friendly good morning ?!

Well, having survived high speed wayward Asteroids and Meteors these past few days, the human crew circling Earth aboard the International Space Station (ISS) is game to snatch a flying Space Dragon before too long.(…)
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Post tags: Antares, CCAFS, Commercial Space, CRS-2, Cygnus, Dragon, Falcon 9, International Space Station (ISS), ISS, kennedy space center, NASA, SpaceX

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