Watch the SpaceX craft carrying NASA astronauts dock with the space station

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UPDATE: May 31, 2020, 1:38 p.m. EDT: Astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken successfully opened the Crew Dragon hatch and glided into the International Space Station.


That was smooth. (And historic.)

Some 262 miles above Earth, SpaceX’s Crew Dragon craft autonomously docked to the International Space Station on Sunday at 10:16 a.m. ET, another successful achievement in the first-ever launch of astronauts into Earth’s orbit by a private company. Next, NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken will prepare to open up the hatch and enter the station. 

The trip from the Florida coast to the space station took just under 19 hours. Now, the space station, Crew Dragon, and its occupants are all orbiting Earth at around 17,150 mph. Read more…

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