SpaceX Dragon capsule docks with International Space Station

rr4 · 2020-05-31T19:25:05+00:00

LIVE TV TOP STORIES Advertisement SpaceX Dragon capsule docks with International Space Station 1h ago NASA astronauts enter the ISS (youtube/Nasa) Some 19 hours after blast-off from Florida, the capsule built by Elon Musk's private space firm has arrived at its destination. NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken will spend up to four months on the ISS. SpaceX’s astronaut-riding Dragon capsule arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday, just hours after a historic liftoff from Florida. BUSINESS | 27.05.2020 Who is Elon Musk, and what made him big? Elon Musk smiling NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken reported that the capsule was performing beautifully, as they closed in for the docking. The capsule pulled up to the station and docked automatically without any assistance needed. TECHNOLOGY | 27.05.2020 Poor weather delays SpaceX launch at Cape Canaveral In this Wednesday, May 27, 2020 image from video made available by SpaceX, liquid oxygen vents off the Falcon 9 rocket as NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley in the Crew Dragon capsule prepare for launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., moments before the mission was aborted due to weather problems. (picture-alliance/AP Photo/SpaceX) Advertisement Shortly after the docking was officially completed, Hurley and Behnken marked the historic moment by thanking SpaceX and NASA crews. Read more: Will the SpaceX launch fire up US-Russian space travel competition? NASA and SpaceX Crew Demo-2 Mission Docks with ISS Sunday's linkup occurred 262 miles (422 kilometers) above the China-Mongolia border The gleaming white capsule was easily visible from the station, and in the last hour before docking, viewers were treated to live images of the two spacecraft floating an increasingly small distance apart above the Atlantic, then Africa, then Asia. Some three hours after the capsule attached to the ISS, the hatch was opened between the two vessels, and Hurley and Behnken boarded the platform. SpaceX, the private rocket company of billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, on Saturday launched two Americans into orbit from Cape Canaveral en route to the ISS, a landmark mission that ended Russia's monopoly on manned space flights to the station. Sorry, the video player failed to load.(Error Code: 101102) 02:06 mins. DW NEWS | 31.05.2020 SpaceX rocket blasts off into a new space age Changing the face of space travel US-astronauts Hurley and Behnken will now spend between one to four months aboard the ISS along with their US and Russian colleagues who are already on board. While onboard, they will take part in performing experiments and potentially take part in spacewalks to install fresh station batteries. Read more: After Apollo: A new era for American human spaceflight The mission marks the first time that a privately built and owned spacecraft carried two astronauts to the ISS in its nearly 20-year-history. NASA hopes that the cooperation with SpaceX will help propel a business revolution that will eventually extend to missions to the moon and Mars. rs/mm (AP, dpa) Each evening at 1830 UTC, DW's editors send out a selection of the day's hard news and quality feature journalism. You can sign up to receive it directly here. Send us your feedback. Advertisement DW RECOMMENDS BUSINESS | 27.05.2020 Who is Elon Musk, and what made him big? Nils Zimmermann NEWS | 27.05.2020 Poor weather delays SpaceX launch at Cape Canaveral RELATED CONTENT USA Cape Canaveral Startabbruch SpaceX Falcon 9 Rakete NEWS | 27.05.2020 Poor weather delays SpaceX launch at Cape Canaveral USA SpaceX Rakete mit zwei US-Astronauten von Cape Canaveral zur ISS gestartet 02:06 mins. NEWS | 23h ago SpaceX rocket ship blasts off on historic flight to ISS USA SpaceX Rakete mit zwei US-Astronauten von Cape Canaveral zur ISS gestartet 02:06 mins. DW NEWS | 5h ago SpaceX rocket lifts off from US TOP STORIES Germany Coronavirus World Business Science Environment Culture Sports A - Z Index SERVICE Reception Apps & Co. Newsletters & Co. FAQ Contact © 2020 Deutsche Welle Desktop version Privacy Policy Legal notice

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