On Saturday, for the first time in history, NASA astronauts launched from American soil aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft, marking the first commercial crew flight for NASA.
The spacecraft, carrying NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley, lifted off at 3:22 p.m. EDT on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Yesterday at 14:16 GMT (15:16 BST), 19 hours after leaving the Kennedy Space Center, the Dragon’s attachment to the International Space Station was confirmed.
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