SpaceX's Dragon cargo vessel holds as much as a pick-up truck, said astronauts at the International Space Station after opening the hatches yesterday following the spacecraft's landmark mission to the orbiting lab.

It was the first private space craft cargo delivery to the space centre, and it went without a hitch.

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