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After making 18 orbits of Earth since its launch early Saturday morning, the Crew Dragon spacecraft successfully attached to the International Space Station<\/a>\u2019s Harmony module forward port via \u201csoft capture\u201d at 5:51 a.m. EST while the station was traveling more than 250 miles over the Pacific Ocean, just north of New Zealand.<\/p>\n As the spacecraft approached the space station, it demonstrated its automated control and maneuvering capabilities by arriving in place at about 492 feet (150 meters) away from the orbital laboratory then reversing course and backing away from the station to 590 feet (180 meters) before the final docking sequence from about 65 feet (20 meters) away.<\/p>\n The Crew Dragon used the station\u2019s new international docking adapter<\/a> for the first time since astronauts installed it during a spacewalk<\/a> in August 2016, following its delivery to the station in the trunk of a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft on its ninth commercial resupply services mission.<\/p>\n For the Demo-1 mission, Crew Dragon is delivering more than 400 pounds of crew supplies and equipment to the space station. A lifelike test device named Ripley also is aboard the spacecraft, outfitted with sensors to provide data about potential effects on humans traveling in Crew Dragon.<\/p>\n The Crew Dragon is designed to stay docked to station for up to 210 days, although the spacecraft used for this flight test will remain docked to the space station only five days, departing Friday, March 8.<\/p>\n Opening of the Crew Dragon hatch will air on NASA Television and the agency\u2019s\u00a0website<\/a><\/u> beginning at 8:30 a.m.<\/p>\n More details about the mission and NASA\u2019s commercial crew program can be found in the press kit online<\/a> and by following the commercial crew blog<\/a>, @commercial_crew<\/a> and commercial crew on Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n Learn more about station activities by following\u00a0@space_station<\/a><\/u>\u00a0and\u00a0@ISS_Research<\/a><\/u>\u00a0on Twitter as well as the\u00a0ISS Facebook<\/a><\/u>\u00a0and\u00a0ISS Instagram<\/a><\/u>\u00a0accounts.<\/p>\n Get The Details…<\/a><\/p>\n Mark Garcia <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" After making 18 orbits of Earth since its launch early Saturday morning, the Crew Dragon spacecraft successfully attached to the International Space Station<\/a>\u2019s Harmony module forward port via \u201csoft capture\u201d at 5:51 a.m. EST while the station was traveling more than 250 miles over the Pacific Ocean, just north of New Zealand.<\/p>\n As the spacecraft approached the space station, it demonstrated its automated control and maneuvering capabilities by arriving in place at about 492 feet (150 meters) away from the orbital laboratory then reversing course and backing away from the station to 590 feet (180 meters) before the final docking sequence from about 65 feet (20 meters) away.<\/p>\n The Crew Dragon used the station\u2019s new international docking adapter<\/a> for the first time since astronauts installed it during a spacewalk<\/a> in August 2016, following its delivery \u2026 Continue reading SpaceX Crew Dragon Successfully Docks to Station<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
The SpaceX Crew Dragon is docked to the station\u2019s international docking adapter which is attached to the forward end of the Harmony module. Credit: NASA TV <\/p>\n