Dragon makes the first commercial ISS berthing
Date as reported
SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft was berthed to the International Space Station. First commercial-company spacecraft to berth at the station. Robotic capture and berthing are distinct from autonomous docking.
Historical significance
First commercial-company spacecraft to berth at the station.
- Category
- Mission Operations and Milestones
- Type
- Docking or berthing
- Mission
- Dragon C2+
- Programme
- Commercial Orbital Transportation Services
- Organization
- SpaceX
- Destination
- earth orbit
- Target body
- Earth
- Country
- US
Context and qualifications
Robotic capture and berthing are distinct from autonomous docking.
Sources and attribution
- NASA — First commercial berthing at ISS (opens in a new tab) — Original factual summary; retain attribution to NASA.