SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Capsule Successfully Docks at ISS To Begin 6 Month Science Mission
The capsule transported two American astronauts, a Russian cosmonaut, and a United Arab Emirates astronaut and they will begin a six-month long science mission.
The docking was confirmed as the ISS and capsule flew in tandem at a speed of 28,164 km/h (17,500 miles per hour), that too 240 km (250 miles) above Earth along the coast of East Africa.
The complete process was streamed live by NASA through a webcast.
The four-member team is scheduled to conduct more than 200 experiments and technology demonstrations on board the
space station.
Some of the research can enable the way for future long-duration human expeditions to the Moon and beyond under NASA's Artemis program, its successor to Apollo.
The Crew-6 astronauts will take charge from the US-Russian-Japanese crew that has been aboard the ISS since October.
The crew will carry out space maintenance and upgrades on the space station's systems and scientific instruments.
The team will also test technology that could enable the real-time detection and tracking of space debris, which pose a significant threat to satellites and spacecraft.
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