SpaceX Dragon capsule delivers supplies to International Space Station

SpaceX's Dragon capsule successfully attached to the International Space Station early Thursday, a day after aborting its first attempt. NASA confirmed on its TV service that the capsule, carrying nearly 5,500 pounds of supplies and research materials, was "captured" by astronauts operating the station's robotic arm at 2:44 a.m. NASA spokesman Rob Navias called the Dragon's approach to the station "flawless." "After an aborted rendezvous attempt on Wednesday, today was smooth sailing all the way along," he said on NASA-TV. SpaceX, which is based in Hawthorne and whose full name is Space Exploration Technologies Corp., launched the capsule atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday.