ORLANDO, Fla. – NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken are approaching their new temporary home in orbit Sunday morning after zipping around Earth to catch up to the International Space Station.
The brand new SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft is set to autonomously dock at the space station port around 10:30 a.m. but first the astronauts will try some manual moves in the spacecraft to test out their new ride.
This will mark the first time a privately built spacecraft carrying people will dock at the ISS. Already on board station, NASA astronauts Chris Cassidy is keeping an eye on the new spaceship as it approaches the orbiting laboratory.