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A SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule docks with the International Space Station (ISS), carrying NASA’s Stephen Bowen and Warren Hoburg, Russia's Andrey Fedyaev, and Sultan al-Neyadi of the United Arab Emirates. IMAGES
"Welcome to ISS": the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour capsule docks with the International Space Station, with four astronauts onboard. IMAGES
A SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying two NASA astronauts docks with the International Space Station. "It's been a real honor to be just a small part of this nine-year endeavor since the last time a United States spaceship has docked with the International Space Station," says Doug Hurley, one of the astronauts, after the docking was completed. IMAGES
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket makes a successful second attempt on Thursday, blasting off for the International Space Station carrying two NASA astronauts, a Russian cosmonaut and the second Emirati to voyage to space. Space has remained a rare venue of cooperation between Moscow and Washington since the Russian offensive in Ukraine placed them in sharp opposition. While aboard the ISS, the Crew-6 members will conduct dozens of experiments including studying how materials burn in microgravity and researching heart, brain and cartilage functions. IMAGES
A Russian spacecraft carrying a Japanese billionaire docks with the International Space Station, marking the country's return to space tourism after a decade-long pause that saw the rise of competition from the United States. Online fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa and his assistant Yozo Hirano blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Their journey aboard the three-person Soyuz spacecraft piloted by cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin took just over six hours, capping a banner year that many have seen as a turning point for private space travel. IMAGES