TDY - Interest in space investing takes off as SpaceX capsule docks at ISS

The team aboard the International Space Station grew to 11 on Saturday following the arrival of SpaceX's (SPACE) third crewed capsule in less than a year (Demo-2, Crew-1, Crew-2). It was also the first group to be propelled into orbit via a rocket booster recycled from a previous spaceflight. Reused boosters are at the heart of SpaceX's rocket strategy to help make spaceflight more economical.Close call: While en route to the ISS, the SpaceX capsule, called Endeavour, had a near miss with an unknown object. Astronauts on board were told to "buckle up and prepare for a crash as there was no time to perform an avoidance maneuver." The SpaceX team also had the crew don their pressure suits "out of an abundance of caution," but they thankfully arrived at the ISS unharmed.After the space shuttle program was retired in 2011, NASA turned to private companies for space station deliveries.

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Interest in space investing takes off as SpaceX capsule docks at ISS