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Dragon becomes the first commercial spacecraft to visit the ISS
From SpaceX and the New Commercial Space Race: From Falcon 1 to Starship
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Space Station
Dragon becomes the first commercial spacecraft to visit the ISS
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station captured Dragon after its rendezvous with the orbiting laboratory.
The demonstration completed a central COTS objective and paved the way for operational cargo missions. The achievement was commercial, but it relied on NASA requirements, communications, station operations and public investment.Sources & references 2 sources
