SpaceX astronauts reach Space Station after milestone voyage

Two American astronauts aboard a SpaceX capsule docked with the International Space Station, forging a new landmark for NASA and visionary billionaire Elon Musk.

The Dragon craft carrying NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley arrived at the orbiting lab at 10:16 a.m. Eastern time Sunday, about 19 hours after lifting off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

“We have to congratulate the men and women of SpaceX,” Hurley said after the docking, while going through procedures required before the men could enter the station. “Their incredible efforts over the last several years to make this possible cannot go overstated.”