SpaceX Crew Dragon docks at International Space Station

Capsule is the first US-made, designed-for-crew spacecraft to dock in eight years

SpaceX‘s new crew capsule has arrived at the International Space Station, completing its second milestone in just over a day.

No one was onboard the Dragon capsule that launched on Saturday on its first test flight, only an dummy.

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SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft launches successfully

Launch brings US plans to resume sending people into space in own spacecraft closer

Astronauts could be flying again from US soil as early as this summer after the flawless launch of SpaceX’s privately built Crew Dragon capsule opened “a new era in American excellence”, according to the head of the space agency Nasa.

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