The crew belonging to the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft Crew transferred to the International space station.

After the pressure equalization ISS commander Chris Cassidy opened the hatch of the airlock. Then he opened the hatch of the ship, and the Astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken moved to the ISS.

except for Cassidy who arrived were met by Russian cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Wagner.

at the welcoming ceremony, the Astronauts admitted that they were able to sleep in the 1st night on the ship. The Behnken told to sleep on the ship is always difficult, but the Crew Dragon is very smooth and provides good ventilation, so that the questions arose.

The astronauts will stay on the ISS for about three to four months. The date of their return to Earth has not yet determined.

The ship started yesterday from the spaceport at Cape Canaveral. This became the 1st in the history of manned flight made by a private firm.

in addition, the launch Crew Dragon became 1st in the last nine years, when his forces were sent astronauts into space in 2011 out of operation brought the transport of the Space Shuttle program. Then fly to the ISS only on Russian Soyuz.



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