May 26: US astronaut Don Pettit opened Dragon's hatch and the astronauts entered. It was successfully captured by the station's robotic arm.
May 25: NASA gave Dragon the GO to attempt berthing with the station.
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May 24: Dragon's sensors and flight systems were subjected to a series of tests to determine if the vehicle was ready to attach to the space station. May 23: Dragon orbited Earth as it traveled toward the International Space Station. May 22: Launch Day: SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket launched the Dragon spacecraft into orbit from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. This video features highlights from the mission, including: Previously only four governments the United States, Russia, Japan and the European Space Agency had achieved this feat. On SpaceX made history when the Dragon spacecraft became the first privately developed vehicle in history to successfully attach to the International Space Station. Musk's vehicle evolved from an earlier spacecraft, called Dragon 1, which has launched 20 times on missions to deliver cargo to the ISS. SpaceX and Boeing have both been developing spacecraft to take over the job of crew transport from NASA.
It was the first crewed vehicle to fly from US soil since the retirement of the shuttle in 2011. The eccentric entrepreneur achieved that ambition on Saturday,, when the Crew Dragon spacecraft carried Nasa astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken into orbit for a rendezvous with the space station or ISS. But have you ever asked yourself what is confined within the walls of the new Dragon Capsule? Let's find out. Musk says human spaceflight had always been the fundamental goal for his pioneering company SpaceX.
It's part of NASA's plan to hand over space station flights to private companies. What's Inside The SpaceX Crew Dragon Capsule? #spacex #space #elonmuskĮlon Musk's SpaceX has built the Crew Dragon to carry astronauts to the International Space Station.