From the files of Canadian Press.
Canada's robotic arm on the International Space Station was put to work today when it grabbed a Dragon capsule that arrived at the orbiting space lab.
The unmanned Dragon, built by California-based SpaceX, is bringing supplies to the space station.
It was launched atop a Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday.
The capsule is carrying more than 450 kilograms of key science experiments.
The Dragon will spend close to three weeks at the space station before being released and parachuting into the Pacific at the end of October.
NASA is counting on private business to restock the space station, now that U.S. shuttles have retired to museums.
SpaceX is working to convert its unmanned Dragon capsules into vessels that could carry astronauts to the space station in three years.
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