{"id":108005,"date":"2020-06-01T06:43:38","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T13:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/spacexs-pioneering-astronauts-board-the-international-space-station"},"modified":"2020-06-01T06:43:38","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T13:43:38","slug":"spacexs-pioneering-astronauts-board-the-international-space-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/spacexs-pioneering-astronauts-board-the-international-space-station","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX\u2019s pioneering astronauts board the International Space Station"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/spacexs-pioneering-astronauts-board-the-international-space-station2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Following a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/spacex-nasa-iss-crewed-mission-launch-success-192904084.html\">dramatic launch<\/a>, 19-hour voyage and successful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/spacex-crew-dragon-docks-with-iss-142250134.html\">docking procedure<\/a>, pioneering astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley have left the Crew Dragon and are <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nasa.gov\/commercialcrew\/2020\/05\/31\/international-space-station-welcomes-first-spacex-crew-dragon-with-nasa-astronauts\/\" target=\"_blank\">now aboard<\/a> the International Space Station (ISS). The pair emerged from the Crew Dragon capsule at around 1:15 PM ET and were <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/pyNl87mXOkc?t=12814\" target=\"_blank\">greeted<\/a> with bear hugs by astronaut Christopher Cassidy and cosmonauts Anatoli Ivanshin and Ivan Vagner. While describing the ride as less smooth than the space shuttle, Hurley said he \u201ccouldn\u2019t be happier\u201d about the Crew Dragon\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NASA Astronauts Arrive at the International Space Station on SpaceX Spacecraft\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pyNl87mXOkc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The astronauts, who christened the Crew Dragon \u201cEndeavor,\u201d chatted with NASA executives after their arrival. \u201cIt\u2019s great to get the United States back in the crewed launch business,\u201d said Hurley. \u201cAnd we\u2019re just really glad to be onboard this magnificent complex.\u201d Earlier, SpaceX founder Elon Musk said he was \u201cquite overcome with emotion,\u201d adding \u201cthis is hopefully the first step on a journey towards civilization on Mars.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following a dramatic launch, 19-hour voyage and successful docking procedure, pioneering astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley have left the Crew Dragon and are now aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The pair emerged from the Crew Dragon capsule at around 1:15 PM ET and were greeted with bear hugs by astronaut Christopher Cassidy and [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,2019,1514],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-elon-musk","category-space-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108005\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}