SpaceX Crew Dragon nails crucial test: Docking with the international space station
NASA hopes the Crew Dragon, and a Boeing-built capsule called Starliner, will start flying US astronauts later this year and end the United States' years-long reliance on Russia to ferry crew to and from the International Space Station.Crew Dragon's first test mission launched early Saturday, and a risky and crucial test came Sunday morning when the capsule docked with the International Space Station.Everything went smoothly — and a lot was riding on it.
— РОСКОСМОС March 3, 2019 Crew Dragon will spend five days attached to the space station. Then comes a key final test: On Friday, March 8, the capsule will bellow back through the Earth's atmosphere, deploy parachutes and land softly in the Atlantic Ocean.The spacecraft will need to make a safe descent and hold up well during the water landing.
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