The Russian vehicle essentially took a shortcut that required precisely timed steering over the course of four orbits, putting three crew members (including one American astronaut) on the space station at 10:28pm ET -- just five hours and 45 minutes after takeoff from Kazakhstan.

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Good news, because after a day's delay due to (now remedied, according to NASA and SpaceX) faults with three clusters of its Draco thrusters, the capsule is set to be grappled by the International Space Station at 6:31AM ET on March 3rd (tomorrow morning).

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Former CNN anchor Lou Dobbs could relaunch his space.com in Ethiopia (.et) for a truly intergalactic profile.

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At 9:03 am ET this morning, the SpaceX Dragon capsule successfully berthed with the International Space Station.

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ET, about 15 minutes before it had been expected to land at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

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After all, the marketing automation space has been hot lately, as seen with recent offerings from companies like ExactTarget (NYSE:ET) and Eloqua (NASDAQ:ELOQ).

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At 3:22pm ET today, the SpaceX Dragon capsule splashed down safely in the Pacific after departing the International Space Station earlier this morning.

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