ORLANDO, Fla. NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken approached their new temporary home in orbit Sunday morning after zipping around Earth to catch up to the International Space Station.
Applause could be heard from SpaceXs mission control in Hawthorne when the hard capture of Crew Dragon at station was confirmed just before 10:30 a.m.
Its been a real honor to be part of this nine year endeavour since the U.S. docked a spaceship at the International Space Station, Hurley said with a thumbs up, thanking NASA and SpaceX teams.
Already on board station, NASA astronauts Chris Cassidy was keeping an eye on the new spaceship as it approached the orbiting laboratory.
Behnken and Hurley will spend anywhere between one to four months on the International Space Station.