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SpaceX Crew Dragon flies to Space Station

Two NASA astronauts arrived at the International Space Station aboard the Crew Dragon capsule, a day after SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched.

The launch site of the SpaceX Falcon 9 and the Crew Dragon spacecraft
The launch site of the SpaceX Falcon 9 and the Crew Dragon spacecraft (AN/Andrea Hanks)

Two NASA astronauts arrived on Sunday at the International Space Station aboard their Crew Dragon capsule, a day after SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket made the first American crewed launch in nearly a decade.

The Crew Dragon manned by NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley — both former military pilots who have each flown two Space Shuttle missions — reached the ISS's Harmony port, docking while the spacecraft were flying about 262 miles above the northern border of China and Mongolia, NASA said in a statement. The journey appeared live on NASA TV's official video stream.

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