Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ka rere atu tētahi waka ā-ao matatau ki tētahi teihana ā-ao e huri ana, e mau ana i te utanga me ngā kai mō te kapa i runga i te waka i a rātou e haere tonu ana i tō rātou misioni i te rohe whakamutunga. Kāore, ehara tēnei i te whakaaturanga mai i te Star Trek - he kaupapa tēnei i tū i roto i te aorangi o te Ao i tērā rā. Hei whakanui hoki i te taenga mai o te waka rererangi Dragon, he kaipuke rererangi i runga i te ISS i mau i te kākahu mai i te whakaaturanga TV rongonui. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. I mau te astronaut Itari a Samantha Cristoforetti i te kākahu i te Paraire (kua whakaatuhia). I te taha o te NASA astronaut Terry Virts i hopukina e ia te waka ā-ao. I runga i te kaipuke he 4,000 pauna o ngā taonga - tae atu ki tētahi mīhini kawhe. Ka noho ki te ISS mō te kotahi marama i mua i te hokinga ki te Ao. I whakaatuhia e te kairangahau a Itari a ESA a Samantha Cristoforetti tana kakahu ahurei i roto i tetahi tweet. "He kawhe kei roto i taua nebula"... ehm, ko taku tikanga... i roto i taua #Dragon, "i tuhituhi ia. I tīmata te hanganga o te ISS i te 20 o Whiringa-a-rangi 1998. E tautoko ana i tētahi rōpū o te ono, me ngā rōpū e wehea ana ki ngā rōpū e toru. Ko te teihana e huri ana i te teitei o te 255 maero (410km). He 990,000 pauna (450,000kg) te taumaha katoa, ā, he wāhi noho e ōrite ana ki te whare e rima ngā rūma. Ka oti i a ia te porowhita o te Ao i ia 92.91 meneti, ā, e neke ana ki te 17,100 maero (27,600 km) ia haora. Kua neke atu i te 5,900 nga ra i roto i te mokowā, i taua wa kua neke atu i te 92,000 nga taiawhio o te Ao, a kua neke atu i te 13 tau e noho tonu ana. Ko te "Dragon" i korerohia e ia ko te waka SpaceX, i whakarewahia mai i Cape Canaveral i te Turei 14 o Paenga-whawha, ka tae ki te teihana i te 17 o Paenga-whawha. I konei ka "whakatū" ki te ISS - ko te tikanga i hopuhia e tētahi ringa i runga i te teihana, ā, kāre i tūhāhātia e ia anō. I puta te hopu i te wā i runga i te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa te ISS, i te taha rawhiti o Hapani. Na te awhina o te Kaiwhakahaere Expedition 43 a Terry Virts o NASA, i angitu a Cristoforetti ki te hopu i te waka rererangi i te 9.15am o te Paraire kua hipa. Ka whakamahia ngā waka ā-ao pēnei i te Dragon hei pupuri i te ISS i ngā taonga, engari ko tēnei miihana...
I mau te kaitiaki ā-ao Itari a Samantha Cristoforetti i te kākahu i te Paraire. I te taha o Terry Virts, ka hopu a ia i te waka ā-ao. I runga i te kaipuke 4,000 pauna o ngā taonga - tae atu ki tētahi mīhini kawhe. Ka noho ki te ISS mō te kotahi marama i mua i te hokinga ki te Ao.