HOUSTON, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Astronauts aboard the International Space Station successfully used a robotic arm to grab the Cygnus spacecraft with 5,100 pounds of supplies and research equipment Sunday.
NASA's Kate Rubins and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Takuya Onishi snagged the Cygnus craft at 7:28 a.m. Sunday. with the Canadarm2. At 10:53 a.m., the cargo craft, built by aerospace company Orbital ATK, was attached to the bottom of the space station's Unity module.