It was reported that SpaceX’s newly launched Dragon capsule with four astronauts onboard (Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker and Soichi Noguchi) have reached the International Space Station on Monday, after a 27-hour completely automated flight from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The SpaceX Dragon capsule docks with the International Space Station. According to the report, SpaceX Falcon9 rocket with the Crew Dragon capsule attached departed from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39-A on Sunday 15 November 2020 in Cape Canaveral and arrived at the International Space Station late Monday night. This is SpaceX second astronaut mission, but first time Elon Musk’s company delivered a crew for a full half-year station stay. The four astronauts (three Americans and one Japanese) will remain at orbiting lab until their replacements arrive on another Dragon capsule in April 2021. The Dragon’s commander, Mike Hopkins made first radio contact when they reached International Space Station. Victor Glover, the first African-American to travel for a long haul was presented with a gold astronaut pin on Monday. Mike Hopkins and his crew join two Russians and one American who flew to the space station in October from Kazakhstan. Nasa kept guests on minimum for Sunday’s launch due to coronavirus. Our correspondent learned that Elon Musk stayed away from the Sunday’s launch due to his suspected infection, he was replaced in his official launch duties by SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell.
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