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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
"Welcome to ISS": the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour capsule docks with the International Space Station, with four astronauts onboard. IMAGES
Cape Canaveral, Florida, May 30 (EFE), (Camera: Erik Lesser).- A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule docked at the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday morning.The rocket lifted off Saturday from Florida's Kennedy Space Center on the first crewed space mission to be launched from the United States since 2011.President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence were on hand to see the rocket, also made by SpaceX, blast off from historic pad 39-A at 3.22 pm (19.22 GMT), bound for the International Space Station.Aboard the capsule were NASA astronauts Bob Behnken, 49, and Douglas Hurley, 53. FOOTAGE SHOWS THE FALCON 9 ROCKET CARRYING THE SPACEX CAPSULE LIFTING FROM FLORIDA'S KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. INCLUDES FOOTAGE OF DONALD TRUMP DURING A PRESS CONFERENCE.
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 Dragon capsule carrying Americans Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines and Jessica Watkins, and Italian Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency, docks at the International Space Station, where they are greeted by another crew already aboard the ISS.
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
It's second time lucky for Boeing as they successfully launch their space capsule and dock it at the International Space Station.
The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft moves from one port of the International Space Station to another in order to make way for the arrival of the SpaceX Crew-2 Dragon mission in a few weeks, and the SpaceX CRS-22 Dragon mission later this summer.
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