SpaceX’s spacecraft with 2 NASA astronauts docks at ISS
   Date :01-Jun-2020

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Spectators watch from a bridge in Titusville as SpaceX Falcon 9 lifts off with NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken in the Dragon crew capsule on Saturday from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral. (AP/PTI) 
 
By Lalit K Jha :
 
WASHINGTON,
 
SPACEX’S Dragon spacecraft with two NASA astronauts on Sunday successfully docked with the International Space Station after a historic launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, marking the dawn of a new age in commercial space travel. Elon Musk’s SpaceX company confirmed the successful docking of NASA astronauts Bob Behnken (49) and Doug Hurley (53) with the ISS, the orbiting laboratory. “Docking confirmed – Crew Dragon has arrived at the @space_station!” the California-headquartered company announced on Twitter.
 
Saturday’s liftoff also assumes significance as it marks the launch of humans into orbit from US soil for the first time in nearly a decade. The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, carrying NASA astronauts Behnken and Hurley, lifted off at 3:22 pm EDT Saturday atop the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.