A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off at 3:22 p.m. on May 30 from the Kennedy Space Center, the first crewed mission launched from the U.S. to the International Space Station since July 2011.
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President Donald Trump congratulates SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. During a speech at the Kennedy Space Center, Trump said, “I am thrilled to report that the SpaceX dragon capsule has successfully reached low Earth orbit and that our astronauts are safe and sound.”
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The crowd at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida cheers SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, as Vice President Mike Pence looks on.
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NASA Astronauts Robert Behnken (left) and Douglas Hurley en route to the International Space Station. They slept on the way to be awakened at 4:45 a.m. EDT to the sounds of “Planet Caravan” by Black Sabbath.
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A view of the ISS, as the SpaceX Dragon capsule approaches. NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy and Russian cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner already were aboard the low Earth orbiting laboratory.
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A view of the Dragon crew capsule, which is oriented during its spaceflight by 16 Draco thrusters. Each one can generate 90 lb. of force in space.
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Dragon docking at the ISS’s Harmony port at 10:16 a.m. EDT. At that time, the spacecraft was located about 262 mi. (422 km) above the border between China and Mongolia.
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NASA Astronaut Douglas Hurley is welcomed aboard the ISS.
The launch at Kennedy Space Center on May 30 sent SpaceX’s Dragon capsule on a 19-hr. journey to the International Space Station. Here is a look at the launch and the events that transpired on the ground and in space during the Demonstration Mission-2 flight test.
