Space Station crew welcomes SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule
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The crew of the International Space Station on Sunday celebrated the docking of SpaceX's sleek, new crew capsule at the space base, calling it the "first day of a new era for the next generation of space explorers." NASA astronaut Anne McClain, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, and Russian cosmonaut and Expedition 58 commander Oleg Kononenko opened the hatch between the Crew Dragon and the Space Station at 8:07 a.m. EST (13:07 GMT).