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SpaceX Crew dragon capsule docks successfully with the International Space Station. 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
Florida, May 27 (EFE/EPA).- The historic launch of the NASA-SpaceX manned mission to the International Space Station from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida was scrubbed due to bad weather on Wednesday, with the mission rescheduled for next Saturday.It was to be the first time in the past nine years that a manned mission had gone into orbit from US soil.Heavy cloud cover and a thunderstorm in the area caused mission controllers to cancel the launch of the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule crewed by NASA astronauts Robert Behnken, 49, and Douglas Hurley, 53, about 15 minutes before liftoff, which had been scheduled for 4:33 pm from Launch Pad 39A.(Camera: ERIK LESSER)FOOTAGE SHOWS THE FALCON 9 ROCKET AT THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, IN FLORIDA, US.
Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems launches a NASA resupply mission for the International Space Station. IMAGES
A Soyuz rocket docks at the International Space Station (ISS), carrying Hazzaa al-Mansoori of the United Arab Emirates, who will make history by becoming the first Arab on the ISS, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka and NASA astronaut Jessica Meir. IMAGES
Elon Musk's spacecraft has successfully launched into space carrying human sperm.
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