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  • "Look's like we've caught a dragon"!

  • Those were the words of British astronaut Tim Peake after he successfully captured this

  • unmanned cargo ship using a robotic arm on board the International Space Station.

  • The Space X craft was launched on Friday on a Falcon 9 rocket - a reusable rocket which

  • Made history when it became the first to successfully land on a drone ship at sea.

  • The company was congratulated by President Obama who said it's "because of innovators

  • like you & NASA that America continues to lead in space exploration".

  • The Dragon capsule was carrying carrying cabbage seeds, lab mice and an inflatable fabric room

  • which will be tested by the station's astronauts.

  • For only the second time in its history, there are now six crafts in all docked with the ISS.

  • Alongside the Dragon are two Russian Progress cargo ships, an American cargo ship, and two

  • Souyz capsules which carry astronauts.

  • The dragon is expected to return to earth with science experiments from the ISS in mid-may.

"Look's like we've caught a dragon"!

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