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SpaceX makes Christmas delivery to International Space Station

Al Jazeera

A SpaceX delivery full of Christmas goodies arrived at the International Space Station on Saturday following a slight delay caused by a communication drop-out. The American company's Dragon capsule pulled up at the orbiting lab three days after launching from Cape Canaveral in Florida. Commander Alexander Gerst used the space station's big robotic arm to grab the cargo carrier, as the two craft soared 250 miles above the Pacific. It took two tries to get the Dragon close enough for capture. NASA called off the Dragon's first approach because of trouble with the communication network that serves the space station.