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VideoDragon arrives at space station with inflatable habitat in tow
SpaceX's Dragon supply ship executed a laser-guided rendezvous with the International Space Station early Sunday, delivering an experimental expandable enclosure for attachment to the complex later this month for tests to verify the inflatable design's suitability for future space habitats.

Photos: Dragon completes rendezvous with the station
The SpaceX Dragon cargo ship loaded with supplies, crew provisions, new science experiments and an experimental expandable module for the International Space Station arrived Sunday morning for rendezvous, capture and berthing.

Video: Space station’s robot arm captures Dragon cargo ship
The commercial SpaceX Dragon cargo-delivery craft with the experimental BEAM module -- the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module -- arrives at the International Space Station two days after launching from Cape Canaveral.

Photos of the Falcon 9’s Friday afternoon flight
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket took off from Cape Canaveral on Friday afternoon, sending a Dragon cargo freighter on the way to the International Space Station as the launcher’s first stage booster returned to Earth aboard a floating platform.

Video: Press conference following Falcon launch and landing
NASA and SpaceX hold the post-launch and -landing press conference from Kennedy Space Center on April 8 after the successful flight of the Falcon 9 rocket

SpaceX lands rocket on ocean-going drone ship
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket booster descended under engine power to a floating landing platform in the Atlantic Ocean on Friday, notching the first-ever rocket landing at sea minutes after liftoff from Cape Canaveral with a supply ship hauling 3.5 tons of cargo to the International Space Station.

Video: Falcon 9 rocket’s flight from liftoff to orbit
This video replay shows the Falcon 9 rocket's flight from liftoff until deployment of the Dragon supply ship, including the dramatic touchdown on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.

Video: Launch camera replays from Friday’s Falcon 9 blastoff
Replays of the Falcon 9 launch of the eighth resupply mission to the International Space Station from various cameras around Cape Canaveral.

Photos: SpaceX cargo mission prepared for launch
SpaceX’s eighth operational cargo mission to the International Space Station is set for liftoff with nearly 3.5 tons of research investigations, crew provisions and an experimental expandable habitat for the International Space Station.

Live coverage: Space station robot arm captures Dragon supply ship
SpaceX's Dragon cargo capsule arrived at the International Space Station early Sunday with 3.5 tons of supplies and experiments, including an inflatable room to test out technologies for future use on deep space missions. British astronaut Tim Peake captured Dragon with the robotic arm at 7:23 a.m. EDT (1123 GMT).