Steve Kovach April 10, 2016 at 07:45AM
SpaceX's Dragon supply capsule successfully docked with the International Space Station Sunday morning. European astronaut Tim Peake used the ISS's robotic arm to grab the Dragon capsule and pull it into the airlock.
The Dragon launched Friday afternoon and is full of supplies for the astronauts living on the ISS as well as an inflatable capsule addition to the station. The astronauts will deploy the bedroom-sized capsule next month. If all goes well, inflatable capsules could serve as a model for future additions to the ISS and even be used to establish temporary settlements on Mars.
It's been a great few days for SpaceX. After Friday's successful launch of the Dragon, SpaceX's delivery rocket, the Falcon 9, performed its first-ever landing on a drone ship in the middle of the ocean.
You can watch the Dragon dock with the ISS here:
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