From the SpaceX press kit:
[…] Expedition 33 crew member Akihiko Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will use the station’s 17.6-meter (57.7-foot) robotic arm to reach for and grapple the Dragon spacecraft. Hoshide, with the help of Expedition 33 Commander Sunita Williams of NASA, will guide Dragon to the Earth-facing side of the station’s Harmony module. About two hours after it is grappled, Williams and Hoshide will swap places and Williams will gently install Dragon to Harmony’s Common Berthing Mechanism, enabling it to be bolted in place for its stay at the International Space Station.
The next day, crew will pressurize the vestibule between the station and Dragon and will open the hatch that leads to
the forward bulkhead of Dragon. Over the next two and a half weeks, the crew will unload Dragon’s payload and reload it with cargo that Dragon will bring back to Earth.
Credit: NASA/SpaceX
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