The two NASA astronauts aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon have docked at the International Space Station following the first crewed launch from American soil in nearly a decade.
Robert L. Behnken and Douglas G. Hurley were launched into orbit on Saturday atop of a SpaceX rocket, marking the first time the private company founded by Elon Musk sent humans into space. The pair took a 19-hour trip around the Earth as their spacecraft caught up with the orbital outpost before their capsule successfully docked at the International Space Station Sunday morning.
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