{"id":13889,"date":"2012-05-25T16:31:31","date_gmt":"2012-05-25T21:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=13889"},"modified":"2014-05-22T13:29:39","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T18:29:39","slug":"spacex-dragon-capsule-docks-with-iss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/13889-spacex-dragon-capsule-docks-with-iss\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX Dragon Capsule Docks With ISS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-13890\" title=\"SpaceX_Dragon\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/SpaceX_Dragon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"285\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/SpaceX_Dragon.jpg 285w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/SpaceX_Dragon-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/SpaceX_Dragon-190x190.jpg 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/SpaceX_Dragon-120x120@2x.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px\" \/>Wrapping up this week&#8217;s story, the SpaceX Dragon capsule finally docked with the International Space Station earlier today, making it the first privately-owned craft to dock at the station. Aboard were a number of supplies, experiments and the cremated remains of several people, including those of actor James Doohan, best known as \u201cScotty\u201d from Star Trek.<\/p>\n<p>The figurative road to the ISS was a bit of a rough one, though. The initial launch had to be aborted due to a pressure irregularity in one of the engines, and the launch was rescheduled for a few days later. Then, as the capsule was being put through maneuvering tests prior to docking, a discrepancy in the information coming from Dragon\u2019s LIDAR sensors and its thermal cameras caused the automatic maneuvering to keep it at a further distance than expected.<\/p>\n<p>On the ground, SpaceX managed to adjust the LIDAR, which was being affected by another component of the ISS. Once the problem was resolved, docking proceeded normally; the capture at just before 10:00a Eastern. 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