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SpaceX Crew dragon capsule docks successfully with the International Space Station. IMAGES
It's second time lucky for Boeing as they successfully launch their space capsule and dock it at the International Space Station.
SpaceX's new Dragon capsule successfully docks on the International Space Station. The docking began at 1051 GMT, more than 248 miles (400 kilometers) above the Earth's surface, north of New Zealand -- and 27 hours after the capsule's launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral in Florida. IMAGES of the capsule docking on ISS
The demonstration mission of SpaceX's new Crew Dragon capsule successfully docks on the International Space Station, passing a key test before it can begin taking US astronauts into space.
A SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule docks with the International Space Station (ISS), carrying NASA’s Stephen Bowen and Warren Hoburg, Russia's Andrey Fedyaev, and Sultan al-Neyadi of the United Arab Emirates. IMAGES
The test comes ahead of SpaceX's first transport of astronauts to the International Space Station.
NASA and SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft docked at the International Space Station on August 27, carrying four astronauts. The crew will spend six months aboard the ISS, where they will carry out multiple science experiments, such as understanding if microorganisms can survive and reproduce in space.