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Biggest space station crowd in decade after SpaceX arrival
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It’s the biggest crowd up there in more than a decade.
All of the astronauts – representing the U.S., Russia, Japan and France – managed to squeeze into camera view for a congratulatory call from the leaders of their space agencies.
“In this tough situation around the world, I believe you have brought courage and hope for all of us,” Japanese Space Agency President Hiroshi Yamakawa said from his country’s flight control centre, referring to the global pandemic.
A recycled SpaceX capsule carrying four astronauts arrived at the space station a day after launching from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The Dragon capsule docked autonomously with the orbiting outpost more than 260 miles (420 kilometres) above the Indian Ocean. The hatches swung open a couple hours later, uniting all 11 space travellers.
It s the biggest crowd up there in more than a decade.
All of the astronauts representing the U.S., Russia, Japan and France managed to squeeze into camera view for a congratulatory call from the leaders of their space agencies.
“In this tough situation around the world, I believe you have brought courage and hope for all of us,” Japanese Space Agency President Hiroshi Yamakawa said from his country’s flight control
centre, referring to the global pandemic.
A recycled SpaceX capsule carrying four astronauts arrived at the space station a day after launching from NASA s Kennedy Space Center. The Dragon capsule docked autonomously with the orbiting outpost more than 260 miles (420
Although this was SpaceX’s third crew flight for NASA, it was the first to use a vehicle that’s flown before, an essential part of Musk s push to the moon and Mars. The Dragon capsule was used for SpaceX’s first crew launch last May, while the Falcon rocket soaring Friday hoisted crew two in November.
It was the first time two SpaceX crew Dragons were parked there at the same time practically side by side.
NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur the commander and pilot of the returning Dragon monitored their capsule s flat screen computers during the morning rendezvous. They could have taken control if necessary, but the autonomous system did its job, much like a self-driving car.
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