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India's Shubhanshu Shukla and three other astronauts reached the International Space Station on Thursday as the Dragon spacecraft docked to the orbital laboratory after a 28-hour journey around the Earth.
The new spacecraft -- fifth in the Dragon series, named Grace -- achieved a soft capture with the space station at 4:01 pm IST over the North Atlantic Ocean.This is the first time an Indian astronaut has travelled to the International Space Station.
"At 6:31 am EDT (4:01 IST) on Thursday, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft docked to the International Space Station for the fourth private astronaut mission to the orbiting laboratory, ...