SpaceX Dragon Capsule's 1st Station Cargo Flight to Station (Photos)

SpaceX Dragon Approaches Station: Astronaut's-Eye View

NASA TV

This view from a camera inside the International Space Station gives astronaut's-eye view of SpaceX's Dragon capsule approach to the orbiting lab. The image shows the computer display used by station astronauts to monitor the incoming Dragon capsule on Oct. 10, 2012.

SpaceX Dragon Nears Space Station

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SpaceX's Dragon space capsule is seen as it approaches the International Space Station in this view from a camera on the station's exterior on Oct. 10, 2012. The Dragon capsule is flying the first U.S. commercial cargo mission to the station for NASA.

SpaceX Dragon's Space Station View

NASA

This view from SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft shows the International Space Station as it appeared to the space capsule on Oct. 10, 2012, as the two spacecraft neared each other ahead of docking. The flight marks the first commercial cargo delivery to the space station for NASA.

Suni Williams Photographs Dragon Approach

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NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, commander of the International Space Station's Expedition 33 mission, snaps photos of the approaching SpaceX Dragon spacecraft in this still from a TV camera taken on Oct. 10, 2012, as the Dragon capsule neared the station.

SpaceX Mission Control: Dragon's ISS Approach

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SpaceX Dragon flight controllers watch over their spacecraft's arrival at the International Space Station from their company headquarters in Hawthorne, Calif., on Oct. 10, 2012. The spacecraft is flying on the first commercial cargo run to the station for NASA.

SpaceX Dragon Approaches Station: CRS-1

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SpaceX's Dragon space capsule is seen as it approaches the International Space Station in this view from a camera on the station's exterior on Oct. 10, 2012. The Dragon capsule is flying the first U.S. commercial cargo mission to the station for NASA.

Dragon Spacecraft Solar Wings Deployed: CRS-1

SpaceX

This view from a camera aboard SpaceX's Dragon space capsule shows one of the spacecraft's solar arrays deployed just after its successful launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., on Oct. 7, 2012. The Dragon capsule is flying the first-ever commercial cargo mission to the International Space Station.

SpaceX Docking Plan at Space Station

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This NASA graphic shows the approach and docking plan for SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft at the International Space Station during its first cargo delivery to the station on Oct. 10, 2012.

Fans Watching Liftoff

SpaceX

Fans watch the CRS-1 Dragon launch to the International Space Station at Cape Canaveral, FL on Oct. 7, 2012.

Looking Down on Dragon's Launch

SpaceX

A view looking down at SpaceX's Dragon capsule as it lifts off the pad on Oct. 7, 2012.

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