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WASHINGTON Jared Dudley Jersey , Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- SpaceX's unmanned Dragon cargo spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station on Wednesday after two days of journey from Earth, the U.S. space agency NASA said.


"While the International Space Station was traveling over the Pacific Ocean north of New Zealand, NASA astronaut Jack Fischer and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Paolo Nespoli captured the Dragon spacecraft at 6:52 a.m. EDT (1052 GMT) using the station's robotic arm," NASA said in a statement.


About two hours later Ed Davis Jersey , it was berthed to the Harmony module of the orbiting laboratory and the hatch between them is scheduled to be opened as soon as later Wednesday, it said.


The cargo spacecraft lifted off from Florida on Monday. It's the 12th of up to 20 missions to the space station that SpaceX will fly for NASA under a multi-year commercial resupply services contract.


It's also the last time SpaceX launched a brand-new first-generation Dragon vehicle. The company said it will only launch reused Dragon spacecraft for the remaining resupply missions.


For this mission, the Dragon was carrying more than 6,400 pounds (2 Dzanan Musa Jersey ,902 kilograms) of supplies and payloads including a sweet treat for the astronauts.




URUMQI, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Reconstruction work has begun after a 6.6-magnitude earthquake jolted Bortala Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region last week.


In the two most severely hit villages in Jinghe County, local residents have moved their tents back to their houses, where debris from the earthquake has been cleared. Workers have begun building new houses in the villages.


A total of 384 damaged houses will be demolished Drazen Petrovic Jersey , according to the county government.


"Reconstruction will be completed so that 2,642 households in the quake-hit area can move into new houses before winter comes," said Chen Xinbo, standing deputy head of the county.


The earthquake on Aug. 9 injured 32 people.


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