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NASA’s Jim Bridenstine applauds SpaceX launch

(31 May 2020) SpaceX delivered two astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA on Sunday, following up a historic liftoff with an equally smooth docking in yet another first for Elon Musk's company. "This has gone as well as we could have expected it to go. So, I just want to say a big, big congratulations to NASA. Big congratulations to Space X. And we're going to continue to work day in and day out until Bob and Doug are home safely," Jim Bridenstine, NASA Administrator said. With test pilots Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken poised to take over manual control if necessary, the SpaceX Dragon capsule pulled up to the station and docked automatically, no assistance needed. The hatches swung open a few hours later, and the two Dragon riders floated into the orbiting lab and embraced the three station residents. "What an incredible 24 hours for ...for human spaceflight. You don't have to be just American if you're just a fan of human spaceflight and exploring and going... going beyond the levels of what we understand to to discover. You can't help but be excited about what's happened the last 24 hours," Kenny Todd, the Deputy ISS Program Manager said. Unlike the SpaceX and NASA flight control rooms, where everyone was spaced well apart, there was no social distancing or masks needed in orbit since the new arrivals had been in quarantine for many weeks. It was the first time a privately built and owned spacecraft carried astronauts to the space station in its more than 20 years of existence. NASA considers this the opening volley in a business revolution encircling Earth and eventually stretching to the moon and Mars. "NASA is not going to purchase, own and operate rockets and capsules the way we used to," Bridenstine said. ""We're going to partner with commercial industry." The docking occurred barely 19 hours after a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off Saturday afternoon from Kennedy Space Center, the nation's first astronaut launch to orbit from home soil in nearly a decade. NASA said peak viewership online hit 10 million. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...