On this day: 25 May 2012, a cargo variant of the SpaceX Dragon became the first commercial spacecraft to successfully rendezvous with and attach to the International Space Station. COTS2+ was the second Dragon demonstration flight. ESA astronaut André Kuipers and NASA astronaut Don Pettit used the Station’s robotic arm to berth Dragon to the Earth-facing side of the station’s Harmony node. https://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-31/html/iss031e071134.html
On this day: 25 May 2012, a cargo variant of the SpaceX Dragon became the first commercial spacecraft to successfully rendezvous with and attach to the International Space Station. COTS2+ was the second Dragon demonstration flight. ESA astronaut André Kuipers and NASA astronaut Don Pettit used the Station’s robotic arm to berth Dragon to the Earth-facing side of the station’s Harmony node. https://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-31/html/iss031e071134.html
