SpaceX Dragon Capsule Delivers Supplies

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- SpaceX finally has made good on its delivery of a space station docking port.

A Dragon capsule arrived at the International Space Station on Wednesday morning, bearing more than 2 tons of supplies. The shipment includes a docking port needed for future rocket ships. SpaceX is working on a crew-worthy Dragon, while Boeing is developing a capsule for astronauts named Starliner.

SpaceX launched its latest Dragon from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Monday. A year earlier, the first of these new docking rings was destroyed in a SpaceX launch accident. NASA and Boeing — which makes the ports — is working on a replacement that should fly in another 1 ½ years.

The two U.S. space station residents used a robot arm for Wednesday's 250-mile-high Dragon capture.

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