Published 15:18 IST, May 15th 2020

SpaceX & NASA invites students to submit photos that will fly with Dragon spacecraft

SpaceX and NASA are inviting students from around the world to submit their photo to fly on America's first human spaceflight in nearly a decade

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In an effort to celebrate 'class of 2020' from kindergarten to gruate school, X and NASA are inviting students from around world to submit ir photo to fly on America's first human flight in nearly a dece.

All students who have gruated or are scheduled to gruate in 2020, can uplo ir photo to mosaic of Earth, which will be printed and flown aboard X's Crew Dragon craft in its upcoming mission to International Station with NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley on board. deline for all submissions is Wednesday, May 20. https://www.x.com/classof2020

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Soon after anuncement elated students uploed ir pictures and expressed ir excitement about same.

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About Dragon craft

Dragon is a free-flying craft designed to deliver both cargo and people to orbiting destinations. It is only craft currently flying that is capable of returning significant amounts of cargo to Earth. Currently, Dragon carries cargo to , but it was designed from beginning to carry humans. first demonstration flight under NASA's Commercial Crew Program launched on March 2, 2019 at 2:49 a.m. ET. Dragon craft successfully docked with station ahe of schedule at 6:02 a.m. ET on March 3, 2019, becoming first American craft in history to automously dock with International Station.

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15:18 IST, May 15th 2020