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posted by n1 on Sunday August 21 2016, @05:09AM   Printer-friendly

With more private spaceship traffic expected at the International Space Station in the coming years, two US astronauts are set to embark on a spacewalk Friday to install a special parking spot for them.

Americans Jeff Williams and Kate Rubins will step outside the orbiting laboratory to attach an international docking adaptor launched aboard a SpaceX Dragon cargo ship last month.

[...] Built by Boeing, the circular adaptor measures around 42 inches (one meter) tall and about 63 inches (1.6 meters) wide.

The adaptors will work with Boeing's CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX's Crew Dragon, two spaceships under construction that are planned to ferry astronauts to the space station.

The docking adaptor is more sophisticated than past equipment because it will allow automatic parking instead of the current grapple and berthing process managed by astronauts.

It also has fittings that will enable the space station to share power and data with the spacecraft.


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  • (Score: 2) by Snotnose on Sunday August 21 2016, @07:00AM

    by Snotnose (1623) on Sunday August 21 2016, @07:00AM (#390930)

    Fail to see the problem. I hit several sites every day that carry relevant news. Hell, I didn't even know if they did it yesterday or this morning, I just knew it was a done deal. For all I know it was a bleached blond on Fox news that told me (although I suspect it was Fark).

    I'm a reader, not an editor. The editor's job is to ensure the story is accurate. The reader's job is to hold the editor's feet to the fire. Saying they're preparing to do something they finished 12 hours ago is just, well, lame.

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @08:10AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 21 2016, @08:10AM (#390939)

    You state this on a site where the comments are usually more informative than the summary and often moreso than the story link.

    However once a reader has offered a more relevant link i do expect an editor to paste it into the summary. Your value add as usual has been less than useful.