About nine minutes out, the capsule detached from the spacecraft that had shepherded it from Earth.
The capsule is expected to berth with the station at 7:22 am ET on Wednesday.
The capsule, for instance, under some scenarios, will only have enough fuel for one docking attempt.
More ingenious still, the capsule itself has been designed to regulate the pressure pushing the water.
Since the Capsule Ryokan Kyoto is such a hit, one can only wonder what Shimizu's next project will be.
There is an adequate supply of the capsule form of Tamiflu, according to the manufacturer.
The capsule has been designed by a design student from the University of Central Lancashire (Uclan).
After docking, two hours passed before pressure equalized between the capsule and the station, allowing safe entry.
The astronauts wore them uninflated, and they were just a backup in case the capsule lost pressure.
The capsule, called Foton-12, was launched on September 9th and is due to return on September 25th.
That's when we actually release the capsule that has the samples, and then it's on its own.
Friday's events were the first time any of the capsule's 18 thrusters have malfunctioned during an orbital flight.
Officials say the manned flight will take place during the daytime to aid the tracking of the capsule.
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Cargo will be unloaded, return cargo loaded in, and the capsule will return to splash down in the Pacific.
The capsule can hold 14 people and is attached to a crane-like arm.
The capsule often hits the ground at 15mph, bounces, and rolls a bit.
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In all, more than 1 ton of gear was loaded into the capsule.
The capsule would then have been recovered from the forest a day later.
American astronauts reached out and grasped the capsule with the station's robotic arm and docked it to the air-lock.
"There were so many technical things on this project, from dealing with life support systems, to the capsule, " he explains.
They didn't want to copy the capsule hotels popular in Japan, which are used mainly to bunk in for a night.
The Capsule Hotel, also in the Netherlands, has its guests sleep within bright-orange, 133-square-foot oil-rig survivor pods moored in the Hague.
As the capsule thunders downwards, it ejects ballast blocks to move its centre of gravity and tilt its angle of attack.
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The completion of the PDR paves the way for the US space agency to start to build the capsule for flight.
As he went through last-minute checks inside the capsule, it was found that a heater for his visor was not working.
After the Shenzhou 4 flight, Chinese media said the capsule carried all the equipment necessary for manned flight and tested life-support equipment.
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When the Apollo 13 spaceship blew up 200, 000 miles from Earth, astronauts used the moon's gravity to slingshot the capsule back home.
There have been shortages of the capsule in the past, particularly during the H1N1 pandemic in 2009, and another shortage in 2011.
"My brother said it in one sentence as he came out of the capsule, " she tells me, as she's packing up her belongings.
Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee were killed in the capsule of Apollo 1, when a flash fire ripped through their cabin.
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