Published 14:58 IST, November 17th 2020

Crew-1 Mission: SpaceX capsule carrying astronauts docks at International Space Station

SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule after a 27-hour orbital chase successfully delivered a crew of 4 astronauts To NASA's International Space Station on Monday night.

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X's Crew Dragon capsule after a 27-hour orbital chase successfully delivered a crew of 4 astronauts to NASA's Station on Monday night. astronauts who arrived at ISS include NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Mike Hopkins and Shannin Walker, and Soichi guchi from Japan Aero Exploration ncy (JAXA). Taking to Twitter, NASA on Tuesday shared a video of crew members being welcomed at International Centre. 

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X Crew-1 mission astronauts speak about NASA's mission

Speaking about mission, JAXA astronaut  Soichi Maguchi said that X Dragon craft of crew has been named 'Resilience' in line with teamwork and effort put in by group of astronauts to get mission rey. He said, "Resilience is power to recover, will restore and we strive to service because our mission is for everyone. In fact, Crew-1 is 'You-2'. All for one, one for all." NASA astronaut Victor Glover stated that team is looking forward to 'getting on-orbit' and give ir 100% and make everyone proud. astronauts of NASA's X Crew-1 Mission are scheduled for a 5 and a half month research mission aboard International Station.

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Crew-1 mission

crew members who will be taken to ISS are NASA astronauts, Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shann Walker, and JAXA astronaut, Soichi guchi. astronauts are scheduled to reach Station eight hours after launch on Saturday. . X said that Crew-1 is first of three scheduled flights over course of 2020-2021. re will be five major processes after liftoff that scientists on Earth will keep ir eyes on; those include orbit activation, phasing burns, approach initiation, proximity operation, and docking. 

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X launched its first astronaut flight on May 30 as it sent NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken to ISS and n brought m back to Earth in August. Following an extensive study of flight data, NASA w certified first-ever commercial craft system to transport humans to and from . Crew Dragon, including Falcon 9 rocket and associated ground systems, is first new, crew craft to be NASA-certified for regular flights with astronauts since shuttle nearly 40 years ago. 

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14:58 IST, November 17th 2020