SpaceX’s Crew-3 astronauts have arrived safely on the Worldwide Area Station (ISS) following a 10-hour rocket and spacecraft experience from the Kennedy Area Middle in Florida.
The Crew Dragon Endurance spacecraft carrying NASA’s Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn, and Kayla Barron, plus Matthias Maurer of the European Area Company (ESA), docked with the ISS at 6:32 p.m. ET (3:32 p.m. PT).
The crew will quickly enter the house station by the hatch and greet the present inhabitants — NASA’s Mark Vande Hei and Roscosmos’ Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov — as they enter the orbiting outpost.
Under are the primary highlights of the Crew Dragon’s method to the ISS. We’ll add extra clips as soon as the crew has entered the station.
For highlights of the Crew-3 rocket launch and early levels of the journey, try this Digital Traits article.
First up, an superior view of the spacecraft with Earth within the background, captured by a digital camera on the house station:
📺 @Space_Station replace: protection resumed on #ESAwebTV2 of #Crew3's journey, with docking now anticipated round 23:32 GMT/00:32 CET this night. 👉 https://t.co/t81kpLQk56#CosmicKiss😘 pic.twitter.com/nniuZaWHuI
— ESA (@esa) November 11, 2021
ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer sends a message from Crew Dragon Endurance because the 4 astronauts method the ISS:
Crew-3 checks in after catching sight of the @space_station forward of docking, now focused for six:33 p.m. EST pic.twitter.com/Po532uBhc4
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) November 11, 2021
A tremendous view of the Crew Dragon because it nears the ISS:
Some good views of #Crew3 #CrewDragon coming in, because it approaches the @Space_Station. Docking anticipated 23:32 GMT/00:32 CET. Watch dwell on #NASAtv 👉https://t.co/muuLbzBZtz #CosmicKiss pic.twitter.com/txVyWL6gRx
— ESA (@esa) November 11, 2021
The view from the Crew Dragon wanting towards the house station’s docking ring, captured moments earlier than the docking:
View wanting the 'different method', from @SpaceX #CrewDragon of the @Space_Station and docking ring, at a distance of 5 m. pic.twitter.com/xtigUaxZCO
— ESA (@esa) November 11, 2021
The Crew-3 astronauts have a good time because the Crew Dragon docks with the house station:
The #CrewDragon spacecraft carrying ESA astronaut @astro_matthias and his NASA colleagues docked on the @Space_Station at 23:32 GMT, 11 November (00:32 CET, 12 November), marking the official begin of Matthias's #CosmicKiss mission 👉 https://t.co/gfOe0vcnTK pic.twitter.com/uHPsV4iKf2
— ESA (@esa) November 11, 2021
Checks at the moment are underway to verify the success of the docking course of. As soon as that’s full, some pressurization procedures have to be accomplished. After that, the astronauts might be given clearance to switch to the ISS. We’ll add footage of the arrival later, so remember to test again.
SpaceX’s Crew-3 mission, operated in partnership with NASA, is the third operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft and the fourth crewed orbital flight following the primary one utilizing the SpaceX automobile final summer season. This mission additionally takes the variety of folks visiting house to greater than 600, with ESA’s Matthias Maurer formally the 600th individual to attain the feat.
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