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    SpaceX Dragon Docks on the International Space Station

    A NASA astronaut on the International Space Station said today, "We've got a dragon by the tail."  That would be the Dragon capsule launched by Space X , to make history as the only private company to accomplish an orbital rendezvous.  Jonathan McDowell is an astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.  He writes about the…

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    A NASA astronaut on the International Space Station said today, "We've got a dragon by the tail." That would be the Dragon capsule launched by Space X, to make history as the only private company to accomplish an orbital rendezvous. Jonathan McDowell is an astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. He writes about the space program at Jonathan's Space Report.

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    1. 0:00SpaceX Dragon Docks on the International Space StationYou’re reading this
    2. 7:36Would Less Testing Make for Better Medical Care?
    3. 44:17Elections Return Egypt to Muslim Brotherhood vs Military
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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    Is Less Medicine Good Medicine?
    1. 0:00SpaceX Dragon Docks on the International Space StationYou’re reading this
    2. 7:36Would Less Testing Make for Better Medical Care?
    3. 44:17Elections Return Egypt to Muslim Brotherhood vs Military
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