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Private “Dragon” spacecraft was docked to ISS.

On March 3, 2013 at 13:56 UTC the "Dragon” unmanned supply spacecraft was berthed to the Harmony module of the International Space Station.
Operating the Canadian-built robotic arm, US astronauts Kevin Ford and Thomas Marshburn grappled the privately-owned Dragon cargo ship at 10:31 UTC.
The astronauts handed over control of the lab's robotic arm, nicknamed Canadarm 2, for engineers in Houston and Canada to maneuver the Dragon spacecraft into position on the Earth-facing port of the space station's Harmony module.
It was the first time controllers on the ground used the arm to install a newly-arrived spacecraft on the space station.
The hatches between the newly arrived spacecraft and the Harmony module of the space station are scheduled to be opened on March 4. The capsule is scheduled to spend 22 days attached to the station.
It is the second of at least 12 flights to the ISS that SpaceX carries out under its $1.6 bill ... Read more »

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SpaceX launched Dragon to Space Station.

On March 01, 2013 at 15:10 UTC the "Falcon 9” rocket-carrier was launched from the Cape Canaveral US Air Force Station in Florida. The launch was performed by the "SpaceX” private company supported by the 45th Space Wing of US Air Force.
US private company SpaceX launched its "Dragon” unmanned space freighter on a second resupply mission to the International Space Station.
The Dragon spacecraft is carrying about a ton of supplies for the space station crew and for experiments being conducted aboard the ISS.
The space freighter is expected to dock with the Earth-facing port of the space station's Harmony module where it will remain for a few weeks while astronauts unload cargo and load the craft with experiment samples and equipment.

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India launched rocket with 7 satellites.

On February 25, 2013 at 12:31 UTC the PSLV-С20 (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle) rocket-carrier was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Center on India's east coast.
The rocket orbited seven satellites: The Canadian "NEOSSat” first asteroid-hunting satellite, the SARAL French-Indian ocean research craft, a small spacecraft built around a smartphone, a Canadian space surveillance satellite, two Austrian mini-telescopes, and a CubeSat built by students in Denmark.
Indian President Pranab Mukherjee was in the launch control center, observing the launch and congratulating the Indian Space Research Organization on the success.

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