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Added on the 09/04/2022 19:13:24 - Copyright : Euronews EN
The first fully private mission docks at the International Space Station. A four-member crew from startup company Axiom Space blasted off from Florida on Friday. NASA has hailed the three-way partnership with Axiom and SpaceX as a key step towards commercializing the region of space known as "Low Earth Orbit", leaving the agency to focus on more ambitious voyages deeper into the cosmos. IMAGES
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
SpaceX Crew dragon capsule docks successfully with the International Space Station. IMAGES
"Welcome to ISS": the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour capsule docks with the International Space Station, with four astronauts onboard. IMAGES
A SpaceX Crew Dragon carrying four astronauts docked with the International Space Station on Monday, the first of what the US hopes will be many routine missions. IMAGES
A SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying two NASA astronauts docks with the International Space Station. "It's been a real honor to be just a small part of this nine-year endeavor since the last time a United States spaceship has docked with the International Space Station," says Doug Hurley, one of the astronauts, after the docking was completed. IMAGES