SpaceX's new 'Endeavour' spaceship just made history by docking to the International Space Station with 2 NASA astronauts inside

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SpaceX on Saturday launched its first humans into space: veteran NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley.

On Sunday morning, the astronauts caught up to the International Space Station inside their Endeavour spaceship their new name for SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft and docked it there.

The docking marks a big milestone in the Demo-2 mission, as it's called; Behnken and Hurley can now stay and work in space for up to 110 days before having to return home.

The docking is also the first time a crewed private spaceship has linked up to the 150 billion orbiting laboratory.

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NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley have once again helped make history for SpaceX, the rocket company founded by Elon Musk, by docking to a football field-size laboratory in space.

After careening into space on Saturday atop a Falcon 9 rocket, the astronauts' spaceship a Crew Dragon capsule they later named "Endeavour," after their first space shuttle missions disconnected from its launcher and entered orbit. The vehicle then completed a series of its own engine burns to catch up to the International Space Station ISS , which orbits at about 250 miles above the planet's surface while traveling 17,500 mph.See the rest of the story at Business InsiderNOW WATCH: Why NASA waited nearly a decade to send astronauts into space from the USSee Also:Watch SpaceX, NASA, and 2 astronauts perform an historic private spaceship docking live onlineMeet Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken, 2 'badass' astronauts, engineers, and dads poised to make history for SpaceX, NASA, and the worldSpaceX is about to launch NASA astronauts to the International Space Station on its Crew Dragon spaceship. Here's what to expect.SEE ALSO: Why SpaceX's launch for NASA is such a big deal for Elon Musk's rocket company and the US as a whole

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