Elon Musk's SpaceX Reusable Crewed Spacecraft Successfully Docks with International Space Station

A satellite image capturing the Falcon 9 rocket carrying SpaceX's crewed spacecraft Crew Dragon waiting at Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, one day before the launch on the 22nd (local time). This Crew Dragon and rocket being launched this time were recycled by SpaceX for the first time. The Crew-2 mission, which aims to send four astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS), was postponed by one day to the 23rd due to bad weather. (Photo by AFP. Yonhap) [Image source: Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Ryu Tae-min] Endeavour, the manned spacecraft launched by SpaceX, the American space exploration company led by CEO Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla, successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on the morning of the 24th (U.S. time), AFP reported.

The SpaceX spacecraft, launched on the morning of the 23rd (U.S. time) from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carried four astronauts and was the first case to reuse both the rocket and the capsule. The four Endeavour crew members from NASA will stay at the ISS for six months to conduct scientific experiments and maintenance work.

The Endeavour crew consists of four members: NASA astronauts Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, and Thomas Pesquet, a former French Air Force pilot representing the European Space Agency (ESA).