SpaceX Dragon capsule docks with ISS in record U.S. crewed flight time

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SpaceX Dragon capsule docks with ISS in record U.S. crewed flight time
SpaceX Dragon capsule docks at ISS in record time with four astronauts
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A SpaceX Dragon capsule set a U.S. record for the fastest crewed mission to the International Space Station, docking in 7 hours and 55 minutes after launch, NASA confirmed.
The capsule, carrying NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and Russian cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov, lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Thursday. It connected to the ISS’s Harmony module at 19:05 local time (01:05 MESZ Friday), according to NASA .
NASA stated the rapid transit was enabled by the ISS’s optimal orbital position at launch. The previous U.S. crewed mission in February took over 30 hours to reach the station .
The Crew-13 astronauts will remain on the ISS for approximately six months, replacing the outgoing Crew-12 team. The new crew’s arrival follows a delayed launch due to a fuel system issue detected in the Dragon capsule in September . Watkins, the mission commander, remarked on the speed of the journey: “That was a super fast trip. It’s hard to believe we’re already here” .
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