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Flying with Elon Musk’s SpaceX Rocket, 4 Astronauts Welcomed at the International Space Station

LEBAK PORTAL – Four astronautthree from the United States Space Agency (NASA) and one from the European Space Agency, arrived at the Space Station International (ISS) on Wednesday 27 April 2022.

They docked with the capsule SpaceXjust two days after the last crew, who left the orbit post returned to Earth.

Crew Dragon capsule encounter with station less than 16 hours after launch of NASA Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States.

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This also marks one of the fastest flights by SpaceXcourtesy of Billionaire Elon Musk to the ISS from takeoff to anchor.

According to NASA fully automatic docking occurs at 19:37. EDT (2337 GMT) while the Crew Dragon capsule, dubbed Freedom and station outer space flying 420 km, over the central Pacific Ocean.

The Freedom crew consists of three astronaut NASA America – flight commander Kjell Lindgren (49), mission pilot Bob Hines (47) and mission specialist Jessica Watkins (33).

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There are also astronaut Italy Samantha Cristoforetti (45), dari European Space Agency (ESA).

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