Amazing Photos of the SpaceX Dragon Docking With the Space Station

The hatch has been opened and history made as SpaceX’s Dragon became the first commercial spacecraft to dock and resupply the International Space Station. During this historic mission, Dutch astronaut André Kuipers took some spectacular images from last week’s approach and berthing maneuvers several hundred miles above the surface of the Earth. See his amazing pictures below.

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(all images via André Kuipers)

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