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The Dragon spacecraft redocks on the space station's forward Harmony port to clear space for other spacecraft arriving later in May and in June.
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UAE astronaut Dr Sultan Al Neyadi and colleagues from the International Space Station redocked a Dragon crew capsule on Saturday to make way for a cargo mission next month. All photos: Nasa
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UAE astronaut Dr Sultan Al Neyadi, Nasa colleagues Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg, and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev inside the Dragon capsule.
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The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft approaches the Harmony module’s forward port for a docking during its relocation manoeuvre. Nasa
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The view of the ISS docking port from inside the Dragon capsule.
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The Dragon makes its final approach to the forward Harmony port on the ISS.
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Dragon gets closer to the docking port on the ISS.
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The Dragon spacecraft redocks on the space station's forward Harmony port to clear space for other spacecraft arriving later in May and in June.
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UAE astronaut Dr Sultan Al Neyadi and colleagues from the International Space Station redocked a Dragon crew capsule on Saturday to make way for a cargo mission next month. All photos: Nasa
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UAE astronaut Dr Sultan Al Neyadi, Nasa colleagues Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg, and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev inside the Dragon capsule.
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The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft approaches the Harmony module’s forward port for a docking during its relocation manoeuvre. Nasa
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The view of the ISS docking port from inside the Dragon capsule.
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The Dragon makes its final approach to the forward Harmony port on the ISS.
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Dragon gets closer to the docking port on the ISS.
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The Dragon spacecraft redocks on the space station's forward Harmony port to clear space for other spacecraft arriving later in May and in June.
Sultan Al Neyadi completes Dragon capsule relocation mission
The Emirati astronaut stepped out of the ISS for a second time on Saturday to move shuttle
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Sarwat Nasir
06 May, 2023
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