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Four astronauts on SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule arrive at International Space Station

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A four-astronaut team on board the SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule has safely arrived at the International Space Station this morning.

The spacecraft docked at the station nearly 24 hours after its departure from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. Controllers on the ground and the four astronauts monitored the docking, but the main maneuvers were directed by computers.

The Crew Dragon spacecraft, which was designed by billionaire technology entrepreneur Elon Musk's company, came in to dock at around 10.19am UK time - two minutes before its scheduled arrival.

Frenchman Thomas Pesquet is the first European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut to ride in the spacecraft. Also on board are Nasa astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur and Jaxa's

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