Astronauts enter world's 1st private supply ship

The hatch is open on the first commercial spacecraft to visit the International Space Station. "The smell inside smells like a brand new car," NASA astronaut Don Pettit said Saturday after floating inside SpaceX's Dragon capsule. Pettit swung open the hatch for the first time in space at 5:53 a.m. ET as the station flew 253 miles above Auckland, New Zealand. He and space station commander Oleg Kononenko entered the Dragon wearing safety goggles and a mask as a precaution in case dust or debris were loose in microgravity. More

(Source: USA Today - May 26)