After launching into orbit yesterday, SpaceX Crew Dragon and NASA’s Crew-1 mission has successfully docked at the International Space Station (ISS).
SpaceX confirmed the news 10 minutes ago, saying, “Docking confirmed – Crew Dragon has arrived at the @space_station!”
Docking confirmed – Crew Dragon has arrived at the @space_station!
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) November 17, 2020
About 30 minutes prior, SpaceX updated followers to say, “Dragon is go for docking.”
Dragon is go for docking pic.twitter.com/xT0s3CAEKD
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) November 17, 2020
NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker and Soichi Noguchi of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency will be spending six months aboard the ISS, to conduct “microgravity science” experiments, according to NASA.
Check out the live video currently underway below:
LIVE from space: Watch the @SpaceX Crew Dragon "Resilience" dock to the @Space_Station, with @Astro_Illini, @AstroVicGlover, Shannon Walker, & @Astro_Soichi aboard: https://t.co/wwTXBf3odp https://t.co/wwTXBf3odp
— NASA (@NASA) November 17, 2020
