Astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley have officially arrived at the International Space Station.
, the astronauts aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft synched up with the space station Sunday morning.
The spacecraft made a careful approach, easing its way toward its destination over the course of 19 hours. At 10:16 am ET on Sunday, the vehicle made a"soft capture" — meaning Crew Dragon made its first physical contact with its docking port at the International Space Station. Crew Dragon will now make a"hard capture," which involves using 12 latches to create an air-locked seal between Behnken and Hurley's crew cabin and their entrance to the space station. The astronauts are expected to exit Crew Dragon around 12:30 pm ET. They'll join fellow NASA astronaut Christopher Cassidy and Russian cosmonauts Anatoli Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner, who are already on board the International Space Station.
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