Crew Dragon, the first private manned spacecraft in the United States, successfully docked at the International Space Station yesterday (31st).
Crew Dragon, with two NASA NASA astronauts, settled at the International Space Station yesterday 10 minutes 16 AM Eastern Time.
The docking took place less than 19 hours after being launched at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Crew Dragon was aboard NASA's astronauts, 53-year-old Douglas Hurley and 49-year-old Robert Benken.
They are planning to stay on the space station floating over 400km for a short time for a month and a long month for a research mission.
Crew Dragons can stay on track for at least 210 days.
This is the first time that a manned spacecraft has docked at the International Space Station since 2011.
SpaceX, a private company founded by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, announced the opening of the private space exploration era yesterday with the first launch of the manned spacecraft Crew Dragon.
US first private manned spacecraft docks space station in 19 hours of launch
2020-05-31T20:24:19.281Z
Crew Dragon, America's first private manned spacecraft, successfully docked at the International Space Station yesterday. Crew Dragon, with two NASA NASA astronauts, settled at the International Space Station yesterday 10 minutes 16 AM Eastern Time.
Source: sbskr