Follow U.S. immigration and U.S. news: After two and a half days of chase flight, the "Cygnus" cargo spacecraft from the U.S. private company Northrop Grumman successfully "captured" the International Space Station over the Indian Ocean on the 12th, marking its first official delivery of supplies to the space station.
At 6:08 AM Eastern Time (7:08 PM Beijing Time), approximately 418 kilometers above Madagascar, U.S. astronaut Michael Hopkins operated the robotic arm on the space station to capture the slowly approaching "Cygnus" spacecraft. A bright planet could be seen against the dark backdrop of space, which NASA identified as the Moon.
"We have captured 'Cygnus'," Northrop Grumman said during the live docking broadcast on Twitter, "We are pleased that everything is progressing so smoothly."
Two hours later, the "Cygnus" spacecraft was guided to dock with the Harmony node of the space station. Northrop Grumman stated that the space station astronauts would open the "Cygnus" hatch today or tomorrow, with unloading taking place in the coming days.