Astronauts reach the International Space Station just 8 hours after launch
Astronauts arrive at International Space Station just 8 hours after launching
A SpaceX rocket carrying a NASA crew docked at the International Space Station only about eight hours after liftoff, a strikingly fast trip compared with the multi-day journeys of earlier eras. The crew is beginning a months-long stay aboard the orbiting lab, continuing the routine rotation of personnel that keeps the station staffed and running.
Astronauts arrive at International Space Station just 8 hours after launching.
- lukeweston1234
Interestingly, I found that the record for the Soyuz capsule
is around 3 hours, as they prefer much more direct paths.
https://www.space.com/soyuz-makes-fastest-space-station-crew...
Doing a bit of napkin math, it looks like this Soyuz mission made only 2 full orbits; this mission making ~5.
- potamic
I never knew it took this long. Are they accelerating throughout this time? Would love to see some visualization of this journey.
- __s
Surprised article skipped distance. ISS is 400km away, so 50km/h to reach? Obviously being a bit facetious, but gives some idea of what they're working with