SpaceX’s New Astronaut Capsule Docks on International Space Station

SpaceX’s new Dragon capsule successfully docked on the International Space Station on 3rd March, NASA and SpaceX confirmed during a live broadcast of the mission.

Key Facts

  • The docking began at 1051 GMT, more than 248 miles (400 kilometers) above the Earth’s surface, north of New Zealand -- and 27 hours after the capsule’s launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral in Florida.
  • Although the contact appeared slow, the ISS and the capsule were moving at a speed of over 27,000 kilometers per hour in orbit around the Earth.
  • On board the ISS, the ....
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