NASA's SpaceX Crew-13 Arrival & Welcome Remarks

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>> And splashdown. >> Hello and thanks for joining our live coverage of the NASA SpaceX crew 13 mission. I'm Jesse Anderson, a senior production manager here at SpaceX, and I'm joined by Leah Cheshier with NASA communications. We are about an hour and 45 minutes away from the docking of crew 13 to the International Space Station.

>> And looking back over the last several hours, launch day preparations started early this morning for our crew members. About four hours prior to launch, the crew completed their final medical checks before joining the SpaceX team to get into their suits. After suit up and in the NASA Operations and Checkout building, the crew walked out,

waved their final farewells to their friends and family waiting outside, and the next destination for the crew was the launch pad. It was a short ride to Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, where the Falcon nine and Dragon spacecraft were waiting for them. 2.5 hours prior to launch, the crew Ingressed or entered

Dragon walking over that crew access arm, enjoying some last views of the Space Coast, and heading into the White Room. And eventually the spacecraft. >> At 8:10 a.m. Pacific time or 11:10 a.m. eastern. The nine Merlin 1D engines ignited in Falcon nine, lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40. Beginning crew 13 journey to the International Space Station.

Following stage separation, the first stage booster supporting the mission performed a boostback burn to bring itself back to the launch site, where it landed at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at Landing Zone 40. A couple minutes after that, we had a good orbit. Insertion of Dragon followed, followed a few minutes later by spacecraft separation, and we

are currently waiting for the approach initiation burn coming up as our next milestone. But there have been a few burns already that have brought crew 13 to where they currently are in their journey. >> So about 45 minutes after liftoff, Dragon executed the first major burn today, which was the boost burn at 8:58 a.m. Pacific Time. The boost burn

put the crew in an orbit where Dragon's apogee, or highest point of the orbit was ten kilometers lower than the station. >> But raising only the apogee of Dragon's orbit isn't enough for a rendezvous where we want to dock. Before we can approach the station, we need Dragon's entire orbit, not just the highest point, to be

effectively shadowing the space station. Now, to do this, Dragon executed the burn at 9:44 a.m. Pacific time or 12:44 p.m. eastern, which was about half, about half an orbit after its burn. >> The close burn placed dragon on an orbit roughly elliptic, with the space station, meaning it was maintaining an orbit about ten kilometers lower than

the station the entire way around the earth. Again, that's in contrast to only being ten kilometers lower than the station during Dragon's apogee, or at the highest point in its orbit, which was achieved by the boost burn beforehand. A little over an hour later, at 10:59 a.m. Pacific, 1:59 p.m. Eastern Dragon executed the fourth major maneuver, known as

the transfer burn. This is where Dragon raised its apogee, or the highest point of its orbit, to just 2.5km lower than the Station. >> Dragon then rounded everything out with a final burn at 11:58 a.m. Pacific time. 2:58 p.m. eastern, to once again maintain a constant orbit lower than the station, and this time just 2.5km below.

This was a shorter burn, lasting about 41 seconds. After that, dragon performed a out-of-plane burn to fully align its orbital track to match that of the space station's. That burn took place at 1:24 p.m. Pacific, 4:24 p.m. eastern. >> As we enter the approach phase, space flight controllers will work in tandem with the

NASA team in Houston to maneuver Dragon to the proper attitude. They will initialize the navigation sensors used for the methodical approach to station, and they have actually already activated and tested out a number of systems on Dragon. That includes the bidirectional communications with the station using the C2 v2 system. C2 v2 stands for

Common Communications for Visiting vehicles. It sets up a data stream from Dragon to the station, giving another path for Dragon telemetry to come to the ground and giving an additional command capability to the astronauts aboard the station. >> I know that was a lot of maneuvers for Dragon, but there is still more to come. Looking

a little ahead, at approximately 2:38 p.m. Pacific or 438 5:38 p.m. Eastern Time, Dragon's Draco thrusters will fire for the approach initiation burn. Now this will take place when Dragon is about 2.5km below the station and about seven kilometers behind it. The approach initiation burn will bring Dragon about 400m, or a quarter of a mile

directly below the station. A small approach initiation mid-course burn is planned for about 25 minutes later. These maneuvers will also move Dragon inside one of two checkpoints around the station that requires a set of go No go poles with the different control teams. The first checkpoint is called the approach ellipsoid, or as you

might hear it called the A. E. The approach ellipsoid is an imaginary shape measuring four by two by two kilometers. And it's essentially a large three dimensional oval that you can see there on your screen before controllers given give dragon permission. >> Dragon C three contact. >> Dragon SpaceX on Dragon ground. Have you loud and clear.

Help me. >> Dragon ground as well as if I would have said that. >> That was a calm check between pilot Luke Delaney and the core here in Hawthorne. Before controllers given give Dragon permission to move inside the approach ellipsoid, the spacecraft will be on what is known as a 24 hour safe trajectory. This means that if

Dragon lost all control to its thrusters, it would be at least 24 hours before its trajectory would move inside that approach. Ellipsoid. >> And then once Dragon arrives at 400m below station, it will be at what is known as waypoint zero. That's the first checkpoint. During our approach, the vehicle can hold here at 400m, but if all of its systems

check out, Dragon can continue its approach to waypoint one. Dragon's moved from waypoint 0 to 8.1 will swing it up and in front of the space station, arriving at a distance of approximately 220m. At this point, it's on what we call the docking axis, which essentially means it's in front of the forward facing port on the station's Harmony module. Just

before arriving at waypoint zero, the NASA and SpaceX teams will conduct a go no go poll for Dragon to move inside the keep out sphere. This is another checkpoint that consists of an imaginary sphere around the station, with a radius of 200m. Flight controllers use this to monitor all arriving and departing spacecraft. This is another

chance to confirm all the guidance, navigation and control systems are working correctly on Dragon. Before we move it closer to the space station. It carries a similar requirement on the orbital trajectory that if Dragon were to somehow lose control of its thrusters, it and the space station would be safe for four hours for orbits, which is

about six hours rather than the 24 hours required to enter the approach. Ellipsoid. >> Once Dragon has approval to move inside the keep out sphere, it will move from waypoint one toward waypoint two, which is just 20m away from the station. Once Dragon is only 20m away at waypoint two, the spacecraft focuses on aligning its docking system with the International

Docking adapter. We may hear the call out Chop, which stands for crew hands off point. This happens a little less than 30s before docking with. Dragon is just a few meters from the docking port. At this point, any aborts will have to be done automatically by Dragon and the grand arrival. When our crew arrives at the station, Dragon will fly in and make contact

with the I'd A or international docking adapter, giving us what we call a soft capture. The soft capture ring then retracts until sensors indicate it's time for 12 hooks to drive in place to give us a hard capture and firmly secure dragon to its new home on the space station. >> Once heart capture is confirmed, the station crew will manually pressurize the

vestibule, which is the area between the Dragon hatch and the station hatch. Meanwhile, umbilicals that provide power, audio and data, communications and connections from the station to Dragon are put into place, and then it's time for leak checks and hatch opening, which is currently timeline to happen a little more than two hours following docking. So

while we wait for our next milestone, let's take a moment to meet our crew. NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins is commanding crew 13, and this spaceflight makes her the first NASA astronaut to fly on a Dragon spacecraft twice. She was a mission specialist aboard crew four back in 2022. The Colorado native spent a total of 170 days in space, with crew

four, her only previous flight experience. Watkins has worked at NASA's Ames Research Center and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and was a science team collaborator for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory rover curiosity. Watkins was selected by NASA to join the 2017 astronaut candidate class alongside her fellow crew 13 crewmate Joshua Kutryk. Another

fun fact Watkins is a former star rugby player who helped her college team win a national championship. Next up is your Crew 13 pilot NASA astronaut Luke Delaney, a Florida native. He has degrees in mechanical and aerospace engineering and is a distinguished naval aviator. Delaney is also a test pilot and worked as a research pilot at NASA's Langley

Research Center. When he was selected as an astronaut candidate in 2021, and this is his first space flight. >> The crew 13 mission also is the first spaceflight for Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk. Prior to his selection as a CSA astronaut in 2017, he served as a fighter pilot, supporting Canada's NATO, UN and North American Aerospace

Defense Command commitments. A native of Fort. Saskatchewan, Alberta, Kutryk also worked as an experimental and operational test pilot. Kutryk has master's degrees in space studies, flight test engineering and defense studies. And rounding out today's crew mission specialist and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergei. Of this crew 13 mission also marks his first

trip to space. He graduated from the Naval Academy, Saint Petersburg, Russia, as an engineer specializing in ship power plant operations. He was selected for the Gagarin Research and Test Cosmonaut Training Center Cosmonaut Corps in 2021, and has served as a test cosmonaut since 2023. And that is your crew 13. >> Yeah, it was a fantastic

launch today. Again, three first time fliers and the first NASA astronaut to fly Dragon twice. Now, shortly after launch today, the crew called down about another special passenger on board. And that's their zero gravity indicator, or CGI, which helps the crew visually identify when they're in space. We didn't get the video in real time, but we're

excited to show it to you now. Take a look. Oh, we okay, we are going to stand by and keep an eye out for it. But we heard some good calls about it earlier. So again, we are standing by for the approach initiation burn. And we expect that to happen in about six minutes. >> And as we continue in toward docking, let's take a closer

look at the Dragon spacecraft that is bringing crew 13 to the International Space Station today. The Dragon spacecraft and its trunk stand over 27ft. There are two windows on the spacecraft. The nose cone opens shortly after launch to expose the forward bulkhead thrusters and docking mechanism that will connect the space station. Dragon's trunk holds solar

cells, which power Dragon while it's in free flight, and the trunk can also carry unpressurized cargo. >> Dragon has 16 Draco thrusters that can be used in space to help navigate the spacecraft to its destination, each providing 90 pounds of force. But that doesn't include the eight Superdraco thrusters used for an abort. Those are no

longer active. Now that the crew is in orbit. >> Dragon has played a significant role in advancing our future in space by safely transporting crew to and from the space station. The dragon supporting today's mission was named Grace and has flown just one other mission, Axiom Mission four, which was also to the International Space Station.

>> We just heard that the approach initiation burn will be starting momentarily, mere seconds from now, and it sounds like we have a burn start, so we are expecting this to last about 90s. This is the final major maneuver before we get to the International Space Station and start fine tuning a little bit more. The crew is only about five miles away from the

International Space Station right now, so this has been an extremely expedited flight. And we have views right here. I believe that is the International Space Station from Dragon. It's a little hard to make out. Yeah, that is the space station from from Dragon's point of view. So that will continue to get closer and clearer again. Now in that

approach, initiation burn. >> You can follow along with the speed and altitude of Dragon in your left hand corner, as well as the range, which is how far it is away from the International Space Station. About just under eight kilometers away. >> So at the time of the approach initiation, Burn Start Dragon was about 2.5km below

station, just about seven kilometers behind it, which we mentioned is about five miles away. This burn dragon, up until it's about 400m or a quarter mile directly below the station. And this also moves Dragon inside of one of those two checkpoints around the station. That requires a set of go no go polls with the different control teams. So

those polls happened prior to us rejoining the broadcast this afternoon for the docking coverage. But we did get go from both Mission Control Houston and Mission Control here in space. And it looks like the approach initiation burn is complete and reported as a nominal burn. That's great news. We continue stepping forward toward docking.

[LAUGHTER] For over 25 years. Cruise crews aboard the space station have completed thousands of scientific and educational experiments, and crew 13 is prepared to add to that growing number. They are ready to get to work. Crew 13 will conduct hundreds of science experiments and technology demonstrations during their mission. They will

spend months working in our orbital laboratory, conducting scientific research to prepare for human exploration beyond low earth orbit and benefit humanity on earth. >> During their mission, crew 13 will leverage microgravity for the in-space production of human stem cell driven, derived, human stem cell derived tissues to improve personalized

medicine, disease modeling, and pharmaceutical testing for conditions like heart disease and Parkinson's. Crew 13 will also explore crop production for future long duration missions, installing a new mostly autonomous plant growth facility, and growing crops and plant pillows at a location of their choice throughout the entire throughout the space

station. >> I've heard from so many of those crew members how much they value growing crops in space. Not only is it fascinating, as we look forward to long duration missions to the moon and Mars and growing our own food. But it's a taste of home. It's like having earth a little bit closer while you're in space.

>> So they don't get a lot of nature out there. So they get something that's alive and growing. It's a it's a little piece of some natural essence, a little space. >> A little bit of greenery. A plant livens everything up. They'll also be continuing human research by studying individual factors that could be related to blood flow,

abnormalities in space, and testing a new in-flight diagnostic device to monitor astronaut health. The Science Crew 13 will conduct during their mission helps to directly advance research and technology for future Moon and Mars missions and benefit humanity back on earth, all while exploring sustainable techniques for deep space

travel. Now, we are seeing four crew members flying to space today on Dragon, but there are currently seven astronauts and cosmonauts living aboard the International Space Station as part of expedition 75. That lucky seven is what we consider a standard crew complement that includes NASA astronauts and Neil Lennon, Jack Hathaway and Jessica Meir, ESA astronaut

Sophie Adeno and Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov Andre and Anna Kikina. Following crew 13 arrival today, the space station will have a total of 11 crew members aboard. >> For the next couple of days. Crew 12 will help crew 13 get up to speed on everything happening on the space station. This includes training on emergency procedures and the

ins and outs of the space station itself. Once complete, crew 12 will board the dragon they arrived on in February earlier this year and then begin their journey back down to earth. >> These direct handovers between crews allow for continuity of the activities and help ensure a continuous U.S. presence on the space

station. And we're coming up on another milestone marking 26 years of continuous presence aboard the space station. >> Pretty long time. >> It is a pretty long time, actually. If you are right now, if you're under 25 years of age. But coming up, if you're under 26 years of age, there has never been a day of your life that humans were not living in

space. >> That's right, 2000. If you were born after 2000, and there's. >> More and more of them as I get older. >> All right. What you're seeing on your screen is mission control here in Hawthorne, California. This is a team that's monitoring Dragon. We monitor monitor the crew all

the way from launch all the way until they dock to the space station in tandem with Mission Control. Houston. >> Again, you're looking at a live view of Mission Control. Hawthorne or Mission control in Hawthorne, California. At SpaceX, it is just behind us, actually, as we are standing up here on the second floor, monitoring everything happening.

And we are mirrored by mission control in Houston, where the team is keeping an eye on the International Space Station. And if you're just joining us, the crew has completed their approach initiation burn. That was about 92nd burn. That sets us up. Brings us up ahead of our midcourse maneuver. Just another opportunity to fine tune as we prepare for our

approach even closer into the space station Dragon launched today at 11:10 a.m. eastern time, and now we are just 3.6 miles away from the space station. So just over five kilometers. If you've ever run a five K, that's about how close Dragon is to the International Space Station. And all of that done in such a short time frame. As we've

talked a few times today, this is the fastest launch to docking for an American spacecraft to the International Space Station. So far. >> Very exciting. Pretty quick trip for the crew today. >> They did. They did get an opportunity to take a nap today. We as we've mentioned, this is a fast trip for them. So typically they'll have an

entire sleep shift or somewhat of a reduced sleep shift. But since this was so fast, you know, about eight hours from launch to docking, wanted to make sure to give them a break. So they had the opportunity to take a nap. But I know myself personally, if I'm a first time flier and I'm in space, I don't know that I'm going to I don't know, I'm going to want to take

a nap. I think I'm going to be glued to the window. >> Especially the window seats. Absolutely. I want to watch everything that's happening. [LAUGHTER] >> And of course, we have those crew members aboard the International Space Station that we've discussed, and a couple of them are in their sleep period right now as well.

However, others are awake, moving about the cabin, getting ready to welcome four new friends aboard. NASA astronaut and Neil Menon will be. And this is a view of Dragon from the International Space Station. Continuing to get closer and closer. Space station right now, flying just north of Michigan. Let me see if I can get a better look. It's about 264

statute miles. >> Sensation for food, water. >> Go ahead on to. >> I was just wondering if there were plans to turn on the second food warmer in anticipation of the other crew. >> Unfortunately, no. We can only have one power at a time, so you can take your pick between left and right, but you only get one.

>> Okay? All right. Copy. Then we'll keep the config we have. Thanks. >> And Jessica, while I have you an update on your crew 12 pack activity from 2150. It looks like you marked that complete before we had all of the products uploaded. So we would appreciate if you swing back around and take a look there and make sure we've got

everything covered. >> Thanks. >> For. >> If you're just now joining us, you are joining the crew 13 mission as it's making its way to the International Space Station. What you're seeing on your screen is a view from the International Space Station awaiting the crew Inside Dragon, which is that little dot near

the center of your screen. You can follow along with the speed and altitude and your bottom left hand corner, as well as the Draco thrusters in your right hand corner and where they are around the globe. >> They have just crossed. They went. They flew actually directly over Boston and have just crossed over into the Atlantic Ocean, or should I say,

over the Atlantic Ocean, 263 statute miles over the Atlantic Ocean, if you want to be exact. And you, as a matter of fact, can see the International Space Station with the naked eye when it flies over your location at dawn or dusk. If you visit. Spot the station.nasa.gov and you put in your coordinates, or you put in your zip code or your location, it's a great way

to figure out when the space station will be flying over you, and when you can look up and wave at everyone living and working there. >> And actually, if you look now, you might be able to see a little dot nearby. That would be Dragon with the crew 13 crew in it. >> Again, we had the approach initiation burn not too long

after we started the broadcast this afternoon. Everything has been pretty much by the book today, with all the burns even into the launch countdown. You know, we were watching the weather for a while. Weren't sure if we were going to be go or no go. But as we got into the count, the skies parted just a little bit, had a perfect window to get this crew

up into space. Yeah. >> We had some great views. >> Dragon SpaceX on Dragon to ground. Checking in on the cabin configuration and suit status. >> We have two crew members C two, C three are all seated and seated and strapped in. Seat one, both seated and working on getting into their seats. Now. >> Okay, copy. Seats two and

three are suited, seated, strapped in, and seats one and four are currently working through suit up. >> Just some comms. A couple of the crew are getting suited up. They do don their suits in preparation for docking. The suits are used in case of a cabin. Depressurization, so they are always prepared when the docking operations are

pretty dynamic, so they'll be in their suits, strapped, buckled into their seats as they dock to the International Space Station. >> And of course, it's slow and steady, but it's still considered a dynamic period of flight. You know, we're firing the thrusters. We're bringing two spacecraft closer and closer to each other. And in

those spacesuits, those are individually fitted for each crew member. They have the ability to have cooling throughout the spacesuit. They have communication through the suits. And these are used for launch and for reentry. So it's different than the spacesuits that you see crew members use when they go on a spacewalk. That's an Extravehicular

mobility unit or an EMU. It's a different level of protection, different uses. So different designs. >> Yeah. Custom suits. They also have a little air flow through to keep them cool while they're inside the cabin. Also, you can see the red and green dots flashing on dragon that actually is similar to a port and starboard lighting system.

To show the orientation of Dragon. And right now you can see the forward end of Dragon is facing the International Space Station. You can actually see that the nose cone is open there. So that's how you know it's the forward end of the vehicle. And when the vehicle is moving towards the docking port of the International Space Station, that's on the space

facing side. So right now we can see earth in the background. The vehicle is actually going to swing up and around the International Space Station in order to align itself with that docking adapter prior to docking with the space station. >> Yeah, good point on the visibility of the nose cone right now. That's pretty cool. We we have the nose cone open

and closed for launch and reentry because it protects that docking hatch. So under the nose cone is what will attach to the International Space Station. That's the hatch that we'll see open just a couple of hours from now and see the crew float through. And then it's closed upon reentry. But that's not the hatch that they use to get into the

spacecraft today. Nor is it the one that they will use once they land back on earth next year. That's a side hatch. That is what the crew access arm was connected to. That's what they were able to walk into. And the closeout crew close the door, close the hatch, I should say. And then once they splashdown back on earth and are on the recovery ship, that's the side

hatch that will be opened and they will exit the same way they came in. We are just about two miles away from the International Space Station. Both. Oh, and you can see some of those thrusters, those fine tuning maneuvers. Very, very cool view. We are in an orbital daytime, but let's see. Actually, we have recently crossed into an orbital

nighttime, meaning the International Space Station flies between light and darkness. Or they see a sunrise and sunset every 90 minutes. 16 sunrises and sunsets a day. And so now that we have crossed into an orbital nighttime earth behind the Dragon spacecraft has grown darker as the sun is not shining there right now. But Dragon is still getting

some light from the sun. Given that it's about 260 miles above us, all. >> Must be nice to get so many sunrises and sunsets. >> I don't think anyone's complaining now. At the time of launch today, the space station was flying 263 miles over earth northwest of Havana, Cuba. That means that the space station flew right over Kennedy Space

Center one minute and 37 seconds after launch. >> And Leo, you mentioned earlier, it's like a slow process for this docking procedure with all of the maneuvers. The reality of it is, is both vehicles are actually flying 17,500mph. They're flying very, very fast, which is why those orbits are an hour and a half. Apart from each

other. >> We are about seven minutes away from that approach. Initiation, midcourse burn. Again, we had a successful approach initiation burn. Let's see if I can grab the time hack on that. It was recently. It was just after we started the broadcast this afternoon. But we're coming up on the midcourse maneuver just to help

us fine tune our path to the International Space Station. And a little piece outside of the docking hatch on the space station side that will help guide Dragon in today is the planar reflector, and this has to be replaced every so often because it's it it gets a little bit of buildup, you know, with arriving and departing spacecraft. And so that's

something that was recently accomplished on one of our spacewalks that just happened, installed by Jessica Meir and Sophie Adno. They are currently living and working aboard the International Space Station. And Jessica will be prime for hatch operations on the station side this afternoon. After they have docked, she'll be pressurizing the vestibule,

getting everything ready and opening the hatch to welcome the crew on board. We'll have two Jessica's. >> Could send a Jessie up there with him. I was. Going to say. And you can see Dragon's getting closer and closer again. Bottom left hand corner shows you how far they are. That is the range from the International Space Station

about 2.6km away. >> So again, continuing to step through our slow and steady, but also very fast. Docking procedures today. Now about 1.6 miles or 2.5km from the International Space Station, we are expecting the crew to cross through waypoint zero shortly. And at that time they will do suit leak checks. This is something that we do every

single time that the crew suits up and gets in their seats, just to make sure everything is secure. Before we get into further dynamic operations, especially with docking. And we've got that AI or approach initiation, midcourse burn coming up less than 4.5 minutes from now. And this view that you're seeing, obviously, is coming from the International

Space Station, one of our flight controllers, the Cronus flight Controller, helps obtain that view for us, make sure that we're able to get good views of the of the spacecraft as it approaches the space station. Obviously, we enjoy them for visual purposes. >> Yes. Thank you. >> I know, but they use them for operational purposes as

well, making sure everything looks good on the spacecraft as it approaches the International Space Station. And to further your trivia on that point, Cronus is an acronym. As most things are at NASA, it stands for communication Radio Frequency on Board, Network Utilization Specialist. That's kind of a long title, though, so I just use Cronus. And today

is a very special day for NASA as an agency. Obviously, we have crew 13 launch. That's a pretty good birthday candle, I would say, because today is the 60th, 68th birthday of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. >> Wow. Happy birthday, NASA. >> Not a bad way to celebrate another major milestone that happened just this year. Six

months ago today, the Artemis two crew launched also from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. >> SpaceX Dragon on Dragon to ground. We've got four crew members fully seated, suited and seated and verified. Good intercom checks. >> Okay, we copy for crew members suited, seated and good intercom checks. We are going to move the suit checks into

approach zero, so we'll get through the approach initiation, midcourse and approach zero burns. And then we'll step into leak checks. I'll copy. >> Checks to approach zero. We'll get stepping through midcourse here. >> That's a good readback. >> The crew is preparing for the approach initiation burn. And they will do suit leak

checks. After that burn is complete. Again, this is just to make sure that everything that they are suited up, everything is functioning properly. They have umbilicals that are on the the knee of the suit connected to Dragon. They're essentially an extension of the Dragon spacecraft and doing a suit leak check just to make sure

that everything is connected. There's no leaks and that the suit would work properly in the case that they needed to use it. >> Now, less than two kilometers away from the International Space Station. And that approach initiation, midcourse burn coming up less than a minute now, again, very, very short burn using those Draco thrusters to help refine

our path to the International Space Station. That little blinking light on your screen is indeed Dragon with crew. 13 inside. >> Again, you can see the port and starboard lights, so you can see the orientation of Dragon. You know which way the vehicle is facing when you're looking at it. And again, you can see some of those thrusters

firing on your screen, but you can follow along with the bottom right hand corner. Every time a thruster fires, you can see which one is lighting up there. >> Now, while we are welcoming this crew today, they will have a brief handover with four of the crew members currently on the space station. That's NASA SpaceX crew 12, who arrived

back in February. That crew is already packing and getting ready to go home and wrap up their long duration mission aboard the International Space Station. They. And we just got confirmation that the approach initiation midcourse burn is underway. We'll stand by for confirmation that this was a successful burn.

>> SpaceX Dragon. I'm dragging the ground. We're complete with procedure four decimal 010, and we'll be standing by to enter for decimal 011. >> Copy for decimal 010 complete and standing by on four decimal 011. >> And that confirms that the approach initiation burn is complete. They are following a procedure. They all have some

tablets where they're following a very specific procedure. That's what they're calling out between the core and the crew. And that was a view of the core here in Hawthorne. >> Yeah. The crew operations resource engineer. It's very similar to the position that we have in Houston called the Capcom. So the core is the person.

>> Dragon SpaceX on the big loop midcourse correction maneuver is complete and nominal trajectory is converged on waypoint zero. >> Dragon copy. >> Great news. We had a successful midcourse maneuver. We were talking about the core. That's the person you're speaking with the crew on Dragon. We have a separate

position in Mission Control Houston. That's the Capcom stands for Capsule Communicator, but they're not talking with anybody on this capsule. They're actually speaking with the crew, living and working aboard the International Space Station. So we heard that the spacecraft is converged on waypoint zero. That will be 400m below station. And that's

really the first checkpoint. During the approach, we can either hold here at 400m if we need to, but if all the systems check out, we can just move right through and continue to waypoint one. We are expecting docking just about an hour from now. The crew is currently less than a mile away from the International Space Station, so if we weren't in this orbital

nighttime, we'd have a pretty clear view of the Dragon spacecraft, but not too bad to see those little blinking lights. [LAUGHTER] Thanks for joining us here at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. And if you're just joining us, you are tuned in to the live coverage of NASA, SpaceX crew 13, as

they continue their journey to the International Space Station. Now, we are here in Hawthorne, California, at SpaceX Mission Control, which is just down behind us. But we have a colleague in Houston at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Mission Control, keeping an eye on everything on the space station side. Gary, how's it going over there?

>> Leah. Jesse, it's great to hear your voice. Good afternoon. For those tuning in, welcome to the International Space Station flight control room at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. We're gearing up for this afternoon's docking and looking forward to having the crew 13 crew aboard the station soon. Dragon's approach will be monitored both on the ground

and from the space station's cupola, using special software to track Dragon's approach and make sure it stays in the expected zones. Once Dragon is docked, NASA astronaut Jessica Meir will be primed to start hatch opening operations. They will start by opening the hatch on the node two forward port, giving them access into the pressurized mating adapter. The

crew will then pressurize the vestibule, which is the small space in between the hatches on the dragon and the space station. This area was previously exposed to vacuum prior to docking, so the crew will need to fill it with air and make sure its pressure is nearly equal. With the atmospheric pressure on the dragon and the station, Meir

will use a small valve on the hatch to slowly introduce air into the station's vestibule. Flight controllers here in Houston will monitor and verify the pressure readings to make sure that everything is leak free. Before we get ready to open up those hatches, NASA Flight Director Diane Dailey and her orbit three team are the on are

on console here in Mission Control Houston for Dragon's approach and docking today to let the left of Dailey is Capcom or capsule communicator Julia Hildebrand, who will be communicating with the crew aboard the International Space Station. Dailey is one of only 108 NASA flight directors in NASA's history. >> Ground has pulled go for

approach zero and will be enabling the maneuver shortly. This is expected to start at 2220. As a reminder, Dragon will nominally continue approach through waypoint one towards waypoint two without stopping at waypoint one. >> 2220 and not expecting a hold. >> This is good news relayed from the Core and Mission

Control in Hawthorne that the crew is go to to proceed past waypoint zero, which is underneath the International Space Station. They're going to also pass through waypoint one, which is right out in front before they approach inside the keep out sphere. So they're just going to swing right in front and approach to that hold point right outside of the node

two, forward node two forward docking port. Now, of course, daily that we're seeing here from your view here in Mission Control, Houston is the flight director. She's again one of just 108 flight directors that have ever been in NASA's history. The agency is about to announce an opportunity to join her, and the elite few apply to be a NASA flight director

between October 2nd and 12th. You can go to go.nasa.gov/be a flight director for more. There are currently seven astronauts aboard the space station. That number is about to jump to 11 once the crew 13 astronauts arrive on board again. We're excited to get our crew 13 astronauts on board soon. For now, that's the latest from here in Mission Control,

Houston. I'll send it back over to you, Leah and Jesse in Hawthorne. >> Thanks, Gary. Now, once we are coming up on Dragon reaching the 400 meter mark below station, that's known as waypoint zero. So that's the first checkpoint during the approach. But we did hear that call that Gary reiterated there will not be a need to stop at

waypoint zero. The crew will be able to move to waypoint one. As previously mentioned. >> Yeah. And that's that's pretty normal. If they need to stop and pause to just do some checks or just monitor things, they could. >> Station Houston on the big loop. Expect to start monitoring Dragon in approximately 3535 minutes.

>> 35 minutes. >> And if you want to tell Jessica to give me a call on space to ground three, we have some troubleshooting for her and the Dragon tablets. >> So you heard those calls from Mission Control Houston. We were talking about the Capcom. That's the person speaking there in the room on your right, speaking with the

crew aboard the International Space Station, calling up to NASA astronaut and Neil Lennon, who is primed to be monitoring the spacecraft's arrival and then giving some troubleshooting tasks to Jessica Meir, who is going to be working on the hatch opening process. So it sounds like she's working with some tablets to load the procedures there.

And then here on the left side of your screen, mission control in space. >> Yeah. Again, the crew is still monitoring. I'm sorry, the the folks on console are still monitoring the crew in space as they approach the International Space Station. Again, these two mission control rooms are working in tandem with each other as

they're preparing the International Space Station for the crew to arrive, keeping comms between both teams on the big loop. So a lot of teamwork going on to make sure that the crew is safe and that the crew on board the International Space Station is also safe. >> We are less than half a mile now from Dragon to reach the International Space Station.

That next milestone, happening at 400m, that's considered waypoint zero. You'll see it down in the bottom left side of your screen. It will continue counting down. As you can see, getting closer and closer to waypoint zero, which is 400m. We will not be stopping here. We're going to continue on to waypoint one. So Dragon's move from waypoint 0 to 8.1. We'll

swing it in front of the station, arriving at a distance of approximately 220m. And at that point, it's on what we call the docking axis, meaning it's directly in front of the docking port. They're headed to the forward most port on station, which is known to forward, also known as the forward facing port. And Dragon is always docked to node two.

It's known as Harmony. It's always stocked here for crewed missions so far, because that's where both of the international docking adapters are located. >> Once Dragon is only 20m away at waypoint two, the spacecraft focuses on aligning its docking system with the international docking adapter. And again, we may hear the call Chop, which stands for crew hands off point

a little less than 30s before docking. That's the point where any aborts will have to be done automatically by Dragon. >> And to give you a time estimate for when we will hit that waypoint zero, which again, we're not stopping. But just to give you an estimate of when you'll see that 400 meter range from the space station, it's coming up in about eight

minutes, and 30s. After that, again moving through to waypoint one, which will put us up in front of the space station and eventually waypoint two that 20m away from the space station. That's typically a hold point for us. That's the grand arrival after we've departed this. That's that's really our last hold point. When the crew arrives at the

space station, Dragon will fly in, make contact with the international docking adapter. And that's what we call soft capture. So the soft capture ring will retract. And then >> The sensors indicate it's time for 12 hooks to drive in place to give us a hard capture and firmly secure dragon to its new home on the International Space Station. The station crew,

namely NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, will manually pressurize the vestibule. That's the small area between the Dragon hatch and the space station hatch, which had been exposed to the vacuum of space. So we want to bring up that pressure to match what's being experienced in both Dragon and the space station. Meanwhile, the umbilicals that provide power,

audio and data connections from the space station to Dragon are put in place. And then we'll get into some leak checks and hatch opening, which we expect to see about two hours following docking. >> Yeah, Dragon will basically link itself to the International Space Station and use power from there while it's free flying. There are solar

panels on the Dragon trunk to help keep energizing the vehicle while it's in space, but once it's docked, it gets to use the International Space Station. >> Yeah, Dragon hasn't had to be on its own power too much today, considering it's been a really short timeline. We see it go on internal power when we're in terminal. Count that

final ten minutes before liftoff. It's using its own batteries, and after liftoff, when we get a chance for it to use those solar cells wrapped around the trunk, recharge its own batteries, very similar to how the International Space Station uses solar arrays to charge the batteries on space station. And once we go into an orbital nighttime, they are

able to use what's stored in those batteries. And the cycle continues again and again. So a little bit more of a recap of what else we've seen today. About 45 minutes after liftoff, Dragon executed the boost burn at 8:58 a.m. Pacific. 11:58 a.m. eastern, which was the first of four major burns required to raise its orbit and position it for the approach to

the space station. The boost burn put our crew in an orbit where Dragon's apogee, or the highest point of its orbit, was ten kilometers lower than the space station. But before we can approach the station, we need Dragon's entire orbit, not just the apogee or the highest point, to be effectively shadowing the space station. So we executed the close burn at

9:44 a.m. Pacific, 12:44 p.m. eastern. >> The Close Burn Place Dragon on an orbit roughly elliptic with the space station, meaning it was maintaining an orbit roughly ten kilometers lower than the station the entire way around earth. And again, it's in contrast to only being ten kilometers lower than the station during Dragon's apogee,

or the highest point of its orbit, which was achieved by the boost burn beforehand. >> From there, at 10:59 a.m. Pacific, 1:59 p.m. eastern, we executed the third major maneuver, known as the transfer burn. This is where we raised Dragon's apogee, or the highest point of its orbit, to just 2.5km lower than the station. And then we rounded everything

out with a final elliptic burn at 11:58 a.m. Pacific, 2:58 p.m. eastern to once again maintain a constant orbit lower than the station, this time just 2.5km below. That's a shorter burn, lasts just over 30s. Then we had the approach initiation burn, which was just after we began this broadcast for docking that began the final stages of Dragon's

rendezvous with the space station. It's also when we started integrated operations with the Dragon control team here in Hawthorne Space Station, flight controllers in Mission Control, Houston. Those teams entered integrated operations about 45 minutes prior to that approach initiation burn. And that means we establish the big loop. It's one of the things

that we do. So all of the spacecraft and all the mission control centers are able to speak on one loop instead of separate loops. For Dragon to ground or the International Space Station to Mission control. Houston. >> Exactly. During the approach, space flight controllers work in tandem with the NASA team here. NASA team in Houston to

maneuver Dragon to the proper attitude and initialize the navigation sensors used for the methodical, methodical approach to station. They also activated and tested out a number of systems on Dragon, including bidirectional communications with the station using the C2 v2 system. Now, C2 V2 stands for Common Communications for Visiting vehicles. It sets up a

data stream from Dragon to the station, giving another path for Dragon telemetry to come to the ground and giving an additional command capability to astronauts aboard the station. >> NASA and SpaceX team did a go no go poll to move Dragon inside the keep out sphere. That's another checkpoint consists of an imaginary sphere

around station with a radius of 200m. Flight controllers use this to monitor all arriving and departing vehicles. It's another chance to confirm all the guidance, navigation and control systems are working correctly on Dragon before moving closer to station. It carries a similar requirement on the orbital trajectory that if Dragon were to force some

reason, lose control of its thrusters, Dragon and the space station would both be safe for four orbits, or about six hours instead of the 24 hours required to enter the approach. Ellipsoid. >> And once Dragon arrives at 400m below station, it will be what is known as waypoint zero and will be the first checkpoint. During our approach,

vehicle can can hold here at 400m if needed, but it could also just pass through. If all systems are go. And it can continue on to waypoint one. At that point. >> We're actually coming up on waypoint zero pretty soon. It's about 2.5 minutes from now. Again, 400m from the space station. You can track that on the bottom left of your screen.

And to put it into visual perspective for you, 400m, that's one lap around a track, one lap around a football field track. So very, very close. About a quarter of a mile. Again, that move from waypoint 0 to 1.1 will swing it up and out in front of the station. It will be at a distance of approximately 220m away. At that point, it's on the docking

axis, meaning it's directly in front of the docking port. We're headed to the no. Two forward port where Dragon has always docked. It's known as Harmony. We've always docked there because that's where both of the international docking adapters are located. So we're docking to the forward port today. But crew 12 is at the space facing port. They arrived

there back in February. >> Now, once Dragon is only 20m away from waypoint two, the spacecraft focuses on aligning its docking system with the international docking adapter. And again, we may hear that callout chop while the crew is approaching crew. Hands off point again, that's just 30s before docking in it. At any point, if any aborts happen, it

will have to be done automatically by Dragon. >> And of course, the moment we've all been waiting for when we have our crew arrive at the space station, Dragon will fly in and make contact with the International Docking adapter, and we will see soft capture, soft capture ring will retract, and then the sensors will indicate it's time for those 12

hooks to drive in place. It's two sets of six. Those will drive in place. Give us a hard capture. Firmly secured Dragon to its new home on the space station. And then we'll see NASA astronaut Jessica Meir conduct that pressurization work we mentioned between Dragon, the Dragon hatch, and the space station hatch, we've got to bring the pressure that

is in between these two areas, known as the vestibule. Bring that up to the same pressures as experienced in both spacecraft. And then again, we will be on the umbilicals that provide power, audio and data from the station to Dragon. And of course, then leak checks and hatch opening. Assuming all goes well, we expect that to happen about two hours after

docking. >> And the crew is still sitting inside of Dragon. And it's actually showing exactly where the International Space Station is and where Dragon is with the crew 13 crew. >> Yes, it looks like they are. Just off the southern tip of South Africa. About 269 statute miles over earth, and it looks like we'll be approaching an

orbital sunrise pretty soon as well. So hopefully we'll get some some daylight views while we are approaching the International Space Station. So taking a look at the clocks here, it looks like we are set to pass waypoint zero any second now. We may have already passed. It looks like we're about 400m, 410m away from the space station. So again,

waypoint zero happening at that 400 meter mark. We're going to move straight through to waypoint one that looks like it's going to happen in about 23 minutes. 30s. >> And you can see the range in the bottom left hand corner of your screen approaching pretty quickly to that 400 meter mark. But again, they're just going to continue through. So there

won't be a pause at waypoint zero or the 400 meter mark. >> We did hear that they're going to hold on their suit leak checks until they are through the waypoint zero. Mark two. The crew themselves, they're all awake. They are suited. They are seated. They are ready for the approach to the International Space Station. They did get a chance to take a

nap for just a very brief time before they get into this dynamic period of flight. This is a live view, I believe, from the International Space Station, looking at Dragon as it continues its approach. Again, both flying just south of South Africa, 270 miles above us all on earth. And we did pass waypoint zero. >> Dragon Space X on the big

loop. Approach zero has started and the trajectory has converged. On waypoint one, you can expect waypoint one arrival at approximately 22 minutes at 2244. Additionally, you have a go to start for decimal 011 for suit leak checks. >> And copy waypoint one arrival at 2244 and will copy your. Go on for decimal 011. >> There's a pretty good view

of Dragon from the International Space Station. Again, we're in an orbital nighttime, so it's darker right now, but hopefully we get a sunrise here soon. And those tally lights that you see, like you mentioned, port and starboard, red and green to tell you the orientation of the spacecraft. You did hear that we have passed through waypoint

zero, converged on waypoint one, and that the crew is now stepping through their suit leak check procedures. We'll expect to hear a call from them once those leak checks are complete. >> And just a reminder, those suits are used in case of depressurization inside of the cabin, as well as to keep the crew cool. They are preparing

the suit checks to ensure that everything is connected properly and that the suits would work properly in case of any kind of off nominal emergency. This is a dynamic event with these Dragon spacecraft chasing the International Space Station trying to dock with it. Though it looks very slow and slight, they are moving at very high

speeds, so we just want to have the crew safe in case anything happens. But so far everything is looking pretty smooth. >> Something pretty interesting that we saw in the launch broadcast. And though I've seen a few times throughout today, especially on the crew suits, is their mission patch the most people are familiar with the idea of a mission patch, but

you might not know how they come to exist. For decades, crew members have worked together to develop the patch for their mission, determining which aspects of the mission they want to highlight, and any special details they want to include so the crew themselves can design their patch, or they can share their design ideas with an artist who makes it

come to life as a team. One of the very first things crew 13 did was design their mission patch. Take a look. This patch looks at the future of space exploration while honoring its past. So first off, it bears a striking resemblance to the Apollo 13 mission patch. However, you saw there is a gold dragon instead of gold horses.

>> Dragon on Dragon to ground. The crew is ready to initiate secret check. >> Dragon space X you have a go to initiate suit leak check. >> And copies were due to initiate suit. Check. >> Confirmation. We did hear those suit leak checks have begun. We heard earlier they wanted to wait until they were through waypoint zero, and they

are approaching waypoint one about 220m away from the International Space Station, and we are expecting them to reach waypoint one in about 18 minutes. You can see the light shining on Dragon a little bit more as we get closer into an orbital sunrise. And there's that familiar glow as the sun comes up on the space station and dragon.

So we are about 18 minutes until we reach waypoint one. Again, this will be an opportunity for us to pause. It will align us on the docking axis, and at that point we'll just be moving in forward to the International Space Station. >> Initial contact between Dragon and the International Space Station is expected at about 4:15 p.m. Pacific time,

or 7:15 p.m. eastern, and before reaching waypoint one, mission, operators conducted a go No Go poll to allow Dragon to begin its approach to waypoint two, which is located inside of the keep out sphere, which is about 20m away from the space station. >> As we mentioned previously, all visiting vehicles take this phased approach to the station.

They stop at these predetermined gates for teams to run checks on their spacecraft performance before they approach the station, because when it takes when it comes to bringing two spacecraft together, slow and steady wins the race. As we see, docking operations require a great deal of precision to make sure we're keeping the

spacecraft and the crew safe. >> As a 20 meter distance from stations docking adapter Dragon's approach will slow, and it will begin to align itself with the adapter to come in for the final approach. And you can see the adapter. We got some some light there. We were able to see the docking adapter on the Dragon spacecraft side. >> And Dragon will make its

first initial contact with that adapter soft capture ring that will retract, bring Dragon in and start the hard capture sequence. As a further precaution, Dragon Soft Capture System You're getting a much better view now. That includes a set of rotary spring dampers that helps lessen the force of contact between the spacecraft and the station. Because even

though we're moving extremely slow, any precaution that we can build in is not a bad one. So. Continuing to get good views, this coming live from the International Space Station, looking at Dragon Grace making its second visit to the International Space Station again, this spacecraft previously. >> SpaceX, Dragon. Dragon. The

ground all suit checks check. Nominal. >> Copy. We see the same successful suit checks. >> Great news. Checks are good. The crew is ready for docking. >> Yeah, absolutely. And just got a note that the flight director in Houston is polling go. No go to move from waypoint one to waypoint two, moving from 220m to 20m away from the

space station. We are expecting to. >> Reach Space Dragon. We are complete with four decimal zero, one, one and on Dragon. The ground here. >> Copy complete with four decimal 011. >> We are expecting to reach 1.1 in about 15 minutes. And we were talking about this spacecraft. This specific

dragon named Grace previously flew on Axiom Mission four. And that's it's only other space flight, but also to the International Space Station. This being its second flight. And if you're wondering how a spacecraft gets its name, that is something that each first crew to fly on, it determines what it will be. So the axiom for crew determined that this

spacecraft would be known as grace. >> That's exactly. And it's kind of a reminder of the reusability portion of Dragon. We at SpaceX, we've been trying to make reusability, you know, just as common as flying an airplane. And it's really cool that today our commander on board this dragon Grace, is actually flying for the second

time, which is kind of bringing that reusability airplane like flight to life for us. >> Yeah, it's a great point. Jessica. Jessica Watkins is the second or the first person to fly twice, the first NASA astronaut to fly twice aboard a Dragon spacecraft. Now we are about 13 minutes 30s away from waypoint one, about 220m from the space station. Now you may

see us go in and out of views with the space station. With Dragon, we use the Tracking Data Relay satellite system series of satellites that we are able to track whenever we will and will not have views from the International Space Station. So we monitor these and we always regain communications quickly. So we hope to have those views back

soon. But the space station itself about to officially enter an orbital daytime, they are coming up on the. They are over the Indian Ocean right now, 269 statute miles over the Indian Ocean and about to fly over Australia. >> And you can see on the map that's the International Space Station. That is what Dragon is going to be talking to in the

next under 45 minutes. So. >> And if you were tracking with my reference earlier of distance and putting it into perspective, we're now 300m away from the International Space Station. So that is three quarters away, three quarters of a lap around a football field. So continuing to get closer and closer, I like visualizing it in that way and

seeing the ground that they've covered in that short time frame. >> Again, we're not getting live views right now, but in the bottom right hand corner of your screen, you can see the thrusters, you can see the thrusters firing there on Dragon as it's making its approach to the space station. >> Now take it away.

>> We're going to check in with Gary in Houston for another update on the station side of operations. Gary, how's it going? >> Hey, Lee. Hey, Jesse. It is going fantastic right now. The crew on board the International Space Station is awake and they are about to prepare for upcoming docking operations and the monitoring of Dragon to the

International Space Station. We're looking good here on the space station side, it'll be NASA astronaut Anil Menon that will be in the station's cupola and will use special software to track Dragon's approach and make sure it stays in those expected zones on the way to docking to the forward end, NASA astronaut Jessica Meir will be the one and primed for

hatch opening operations once Dragon is docked. Now during these operations, they'll start by opening the hatch on the node two forward port that will give them access to the pressurized mating adapter. The crew will then pressurize the vestibule, which is the small space between the hatches on the dragon and the space station. This area was exposed

to vacuum prior to docking, so the crew will need to fill it with air and make sure its pressure is nearly equal to the atmospheric pressure on the dragon and on the space station. Mir will use a small valve on the station's hatch to slowly introduce air into the station's vestibule. Flight controllers here in Houston will monitor and verify the

pressure readings to make sure that everything is leak free. Before we get ready to open up those hatches, this process is will only will take a couple of hours to complete. Now we are looking still looking for a docking. Approximately 4 p.m. Pacific, 6 p.m. central. We've been pretty good about staying on the

timeline. This will be following hatch opening a little bit later. We're looking at about 5:45 p.m. Pacific. 7:45 p.m. central. Though that time is variable depending on how the crew does their checkouts and walks through the procedures to actually open up the hatch, the welcome ceremony should

happen very shortly after those hatches are opened, and the crew 13 crew ingresses into the International Space Station and are welcomed with open arms by the expedition 75 crew. We are in the International Space Station Flight Control room here in Mission Control in Houston. Again, everything is

looking pretty good for docking. We're following the crew 13 crew as they make their way between waypoint zero and waypoint one. When they do pass, they will. We're looking at potentially a five minute hold at the waypoint two marker before they proceed and push in for a go to press in for contact capture and a

successful docking to the International Space Station. On the space station side, there's been a lot of preps to get the station ready for the crew's arrival. It's. The station now is in an attitude hold. The thrusters are configured such that it's holding the attitude and the space and the station's solar arrays are feathered and locked into a position that

will allow for a safe arrival of the crew. 13 crew to the International Space Station. Now, again, you're looking at the International Space Station flight control room. The ground controller is working to regain some Ku band, which is high net, high bandwidth video and audio from the International Space

Station and from the Dragon crew that we are getting telemetry and data monitoring. The arrival of the crew, 13 astronauts and cosmonauts to the waypoint one. We're looking at a time inside. Eight minutes from now. As astronaut Anil Menon is has been outfitting his equipment that's necessary for monitoring Dragon's approach and docking to the

International Space Station. This is just another set and level of redundancy that allows for successful monitoring. Now you have the crew inside crew 13. That will be, of course, monitoring all of the data that shows them that they're on track to meet those various waypoints and get to a successful docking. You also have the ground teams, the

teams here in Mission Control Houston, as well as the teams with Leah and Jesse over in Hawthorne. Now, that added layer of redundancy with NASA astronaut Anil Menon. He will be receiving data through a different path, which is the C two V2 path. This is a direct ship to ship communication data communication that establishes a path for Dragon to transmit

data directly to Anil aboard the International Space Station, just in case the various pathways for us to get data here on the ground do not come the way that they need to know. No fear. We do have the crews in space, including crew 13 as well as Anil Menon, that are both tracking the approach of the crew 13 crew to that holding waypoint. Again,

waypoint one is a marker about 220m in front of the International Space Station. They're on what's called the V bar, the velocity bar. This is the bar, or the line in which the International Space Station is traveling. You're seeing views now regained from the Ku band, from the International Space Station, that are showing us exactly where that crew 13

spacecraft is. It's at about 290m away from the International Space Station. That marker at waypoint one is again about roughly 220. Waypoint one. There's going to be an approach burn that allows the crew to push into the velocity bar. And again, there are multiple teams here on the ground that are controlling and monitoring the flight of the

crew. 13 crew to the International Space Station on the right, Mission control, Houston, the International Space Station flight control room. The teams here are, of course, monitoring crew 13 s approach to the International Space Station. But our job is to make sure that all of the systems aboard the space station are ready to welcome

the crew of crew 13 on the left. That is mission Control. MCCX mission Control, SpaceX in Hawthorne. The teams there are monitoring all the systems aboard Dragon. Now, of course, they are not independent parallel paths. There are various positions that in each of these rooms that are talking to each other, we have the ice console in Mission Control

Houston, which looks after the engineering aspects of the crew of the of the Dragon, and then of course, the VVO the visiting vehicle officer looking after the various steps, the trajectories, the milestones that are necessary, and making sure that we're reaching those various checkpoints, each of the flight control teams that you see here on your screen

operate through the same flight rules. That is where that is called the integrated operations. They have the same playbook. They live, they work to the same rules, and they make sure that each of the milestones are reached before they press on. Now we're regaining those that crew from the International Space Station and getting beautiful views of

the crew. 13 vehicle. You can see the docking light in the middle there with the nose cone deployed flashing. We are looking at the dragon as it is 273m from the International Space Station, getting a little bit closer as it continues to approach waypoint one. That's about three minutes 20s from now. Now, the views that you're

getting of the dragon here are calibrated from the external cameras aboard the International Space Station. There is a position here inside the International Space Station flight control room called the Cronus. The Cronus has complete autonomy as to where the cameras are positioned. They have pan tilt abilities as well as exposure abilities. You can

see that the view here of Dragon as it exits the frame to the right here is a bit overexposed. When it is overexposed, we can see very well those Draco thruster plumes as they are firing and stabilizing the vehicle at a rate that you can see at the bottom right of your screen of 0.1m/s. The view here is of the Jem. The Japanese laboratory,

as well as the Japanese exposed facility that have a variety of different experiments on board that can be exposed to space. >> Approach one and Safe capture ring extension will begin shortly. Dragon will continue approach to waypoint two. >> And. >> Confirming from the ground and received by the crew aboard

Dragon were about a minute and a half away from reaching that waypoint. One marker. Again, just verifying that we will not hold. At that point. The thrusters will fire to allow us to move from waypoint one directly into waypoint two, where on that what's called velocity bar. This is the bar that of the pathway that the space station is traveling. You

can see as we pass over the earth, that is the direction that we are passing. We're on a northeastern trajectory. Just below us is the northern coast of Australia, as we have Dragon, just 250m away from the station. Again, we're going to pass that waypoint one. The thrusters will fire to allow us to push in. When we push in, we'll pass what's called the keep out

sphere. Another boundary that is drawn around the International Space Station. Once that once we passed that milestone, that will be a new set of rules, one that to abide by, if anything were to happen inside of that keep out sphere. There always is a retreat ability to go ahead and back away outside of the sphere to a safe zone. Otherwise, we

continue on as we have gone through each of these checkpoints. You have heard the flight controllers from each of the flight control rooms across the coast that we have here, both Mission Control Houston and in Hawthorne. As we pass these various checkpoints, they make sure that all systems are go before they go ahead and say, proceed to that next point.

>> Station Houston on the big loop monitor approach per step three of one decimal 102 Dragon approach and Retreat monitoring. Let us know in. Your review is complete and you are ready for docking. >> Station on two. We are monitoring approach in step three and we are ready for docking. Review is complete. >> Houston copies at waypoint

two. Dragon will hold for approximately five minutes for Retroreflector checkout. >> That confirmation from the Capcom here in Mission Control. Houston. Julia Hildebrandt, as well as Anil Menon aboard the International Space Station. Again, he has the monitoring capabilities aboard the station. He has the tools up.

They're actually being routed to the control room. Here we can see exactly what Anil is seeing, and he is ready to monitor this final phase of crew 13 s approach to the International Space Station. We've passed waypoint one. We're pushing in. We're about

to pass inside the keep out sphere to waypoint two. You heard that we will be holding at the waypoint two marker, getting fantastic views from both sides. You can see the dragon from Station Station from Dragon. Beautiful views as we pass over the Pacific Ocean. We are

just off the northern coast of Australia, passing over some of the Indonesian islands on northeastern track over the Pacific Ocean, now getting views inside the cabin. They've donned their suits, done, performed the leak checks are ready to go to the

waypoint two holding point. Now, as we pass past waypoint one and are approaching inside of the. Keep out sphere to take us through the remainder of today's operations until we press on for a contact capture and docking, we'll send you back over to Leah and Jesse

over in Hawthorne. >> Thanks, Gary. You are looking at a live view of the Dragon spacecraft carrying the crew 13 astronauts on your left hand screen and on your right hand screen is the beautiful International Space Station. It's about 169m away and getting

closer and closer to docking. And it looks like we just got some views inside of the cabin. >> Yeah. You're taking a look. Over the shoulder on the left is NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins, the commander of crew 13 and her second flight aboard

Dragon. Second trip to the space station on the right is pilot Luke Delaney, also a NASA astronaut. It is his first trip to the space station, and those are the monitors that they're able to use to keep watching Dragon's Flight and its approach to the International

Space Station. This is an autonomous process, meaning that they can be hands off, but they do have the ability to take control if needed. And this is a really good. View of the International Space Station from Dragon. Take a look at all of those solar arrays. You

can also see the International Space Station Roll-out solar arrays that help further augment the power on the International Space Station, and we are lined up directly with the node two forward port. That's the Harmony module. That is

where we are docking today. Now just 150m away. We heard the call that the crew would not need to hold at waypoint one. They have already passed through that. They're going to move straight through to waypoint two. That is 20m in front of the International Space

Station, 20m in front of the docking port. Once they get to waypoint two, they will pause for a reflector checkout. As I mentioned, we just installed that planar reflector on a recent spacewalk. It was NASA astronaut Jessica Meir and ESA astronaut

Sophie Adeno, who recently completed a spacewalk and reinstalled a planar reflector just outside of that node two forward hatch. Those have to be replaced because there is some buildup of thruster residue. You know, when a spacecraft arrives or

departs from the International Space Station. And so what Dragon will do is it will use its leader, it will use a laser essentially to, to, on and focus on this planar reflector. It's a passive item and that will tell it its distance from the

International Space Station help refine its approach. As we get closer and closer. And we are expecting docking just about 11 minutes from now. But specifically, well, we do have the opportunity to hold, I should say, at waypoint two, but we're expecting

waypoint two arrival just about six minutes from now. And after that we will do a brief hold and get ready for docking to the International Space Station. >> Yeah, these views are. >> Dragon SpaceX on the big loop soft capture

ring extension is complete and noting, as Capcom called, we are going to hold at waypoint two. You do not need to close visors until we depart waypoint two. >> Copy soft capturing deployed, complete and copy. Holding at 1.2 and visors. No need to

be closed until leaving with Linton. >> That's a good read. Back. >> Some comms repeating the procedure that's about to happen again. They will be pausing at waypoint two for a few minutes, and we did get a cool view. If we go back to the

International Space Station, you can actually see Dragon Freedom, which is crew 12 Dragon spacecraft, right above where crew 13 will be docking. >> Yes, we'll have two. Oh, there it is. Such a good view. We'll have these two Dragon Crew spacecraft there for

just a few days. It allows the crew time to complete a handover, making sure that crew 12 is bringing crew 13 up to speed on everything that's been happening on the space station since February. And as well as safety procedures, they want to make sure that they

are all up to speed and safety. Review is one of the first things that happens once we dock to the International Space Station. Now less than 100m away. So if you're sticking with my analogy from earlier, shorter than a football field away from each

other. >> And the International Space Station is about the size of a football field. >> That is true. >> Again, on your right hand side, the crew patiently waiting as they make their way to waypoint two. And as

Leo was mentioning, just monitoring, they can check the status of things on the spacecraft, how far they are from the spacecraft. They don't have a very great view of the International Space Station from inside the cabin. So they'll get all of

their data on those touch screens. >> We're expecting that waypoint to arrival in about three minutes. 30s. And at what point two again, Dragon is going to conduct a brief hold. This is 20m away from the International Space Station. The flight

director at Mission Control Houston will verbally pull in the room in Mission Control to make sure everyone is go for Dragon to dock. Speaking of flight directors, NASA is getting ready to hire more flight directors, so if that's something you might be

interested in, applications open tomorrow. You can find out more at nasa.gov/flight Director. [LAUGHTER] Now less than 70m away from the International Space Station, a great view of the nose cone open. We were live on

air as that began to open earlier, shortly after launch. And below that is the hatch. We did hear confirmation that the soft capture ring extension was complete. That's the first thing that will make contact with the International Docking adapter. It will then

be pulled in and firmly, securely attached to the International Space Station with a series of 12 hooks. So two sets of six. That will be what firmly attaches us to the International Space Station. That's when we get into those leak checks and eventually hatch

opening. >> You can see that the visors are still up on the crew inside of the cabin. They will need to close their visors in preparation for docking, but they won't need to do that until they begin to move past waypoint two. And here's an awesome view.

Dragon. The International Space Station and Beautiful Earth in the background. >> Yeah, the space station and Dragon currently flying over the North Pacific Ocean. This view coming from a camera on the outside of the space station. And another great view

currently inside the space station. NASA astronaut Anil Menon is monitoring the arrival of Dragon. We are about 22m away from waypoint two that hold point at the 20 meter mark. Again, we'll take just a few minutes for everyone to ensure they're ready for that

final approach. When Dragon will fly in dock to the International Space Station. And again, once they resume that approach, it happens slowly, but also quickly at the same time because they're going pretty short distance. And when they get to just a

few meters away from the International Space Station, you will hear the core, the crew operations resource engineer here at SpaceX call to the crew and they will say Chop. And that's the whole call. It stands for crew hands off point. So at that point when you

hear chop, that means the crew cannot command any abort. It would need to be done automatically by Dragon. >> You can see those thrusters firing as we get closer and closer to waypoint two. Again, that will be 20m away from the space station, which we're just about

five meters away. The vacuum of space. You don't need a lot of thrust. So see those thrusters having small bursts, little bursts here and there? >> Speaking of thrusters, speaking of chop, you know, and that being the crew hands off point for an

abort and abort in space looks different than an abort on earth. You know, an abort in space is much more slow and deliberate. It really just means backing away from the International Space Station, backing up to one of those previous hold points, and making

sure that everything is reconfigured before we try to dock again versus an abort on earth. You know, it's much more rapid to get you out of the dynamic situation as quickly as possible. We're standing by for that call that we have reached waypoint 220m

from the International Space Station. >> What's your track comparison for the 20 meter mark? [LAUGHTER] Like a long jump, maybe it might be a little longer than a long jump. I'm impressed. >> If that's your long jump.

>> A long jump in space. >> Standing by for the hold, call at waypoint two. >> Wow, that's an awesome view. Dragon patiently awaiting docking with the International Space Station holding its position just 20m away. >> And confirming from

some notes I'm receiving. We are now holding at waypoint two. Again, we're going to stay here for just a few minutes while we check out that planar reflector that was recently installed outside the docking port. Everything continuing to go well,

and as we heard earlier, the crew does have their visors open. They need to close those. Once we have passed through waypoint two. There is a poll taking place in the room and Mission Control Houston right now for docking. Once that's complete, we will look for them

to get the go to fly in. And we'll see that soft cap. Again 20m away from the International Space Station. This now becoming the fastest launch docking time for an American spacecraft to the International Space Station. With liftoff at 11:10 a.m. eastern today, it looks like we'll be just under eight hours once we look for that go

command to move into dock. >> And another great view again, you can see the Dragon freedom, which is crew 12 spacecraft. Docked to the International Space Station. >> We're hearing that they have good data from that planar reflector. And that everyone is sounding like they are go for docking. So we may see this hold resume pretty quickly, and

our crew fly in and reach their destination, the International Space Station. >> Dragon space X on the big loop, the forward retroreflector evaluation is complete and was successful. With that, the ground has pulled go for continuing approach. Confirm you are ready for approach to and have visors closed.

>> And copy. The assessment is complete and go for continuing approach. We are visors. All four visors are down and we are go for approach. >> Six copies. We will enable the maneuver shortly. As a reminder, once Dragon is inside the hands off point, retreat and breakout are not permitted. >> Great news! We got the confirmation for go for docking.

>> Confirmation from the crew side as well that they are ready to go for docking. So if you're watching the range at the bottom of your screen, we should see that start to decrease momentarily as the crew resumes their approach to the International Space Station. Again, just 20m away from their home for the next approximately six months.

>> And again, what you're going to see with docking is the soft capture ring will make contact with the Dragon spacecraft first, and then there will be 12 hooks, six alternating hooks that will drive into the International Space Station to connect the Dragon spacecraft, and then an additional six hooks to confirm that hard docking.

>> Station. Houston on the big loop Dragon is on final approach and is go for docking monitor for steps five and 6 in 1 .102. >> Station copies. >> The Capcom in Mission Control Houston. Speaking with Anil Menon monitoring the approach of Dragon from the International Space Station. Again, this is completely

autonomous. So the Dragon crew is pretty much already hands off at this point. They are watching as their range continues to decrease. Now just 17m away from the International Space Station, it's also a passive moment for Anil Menon as he is watching them approach. He doesn't have to issue any commands at this time, although both parties have the ability

to do so if they need to. >> Just about 15m away. >> On the bottom of your screen, you can see the thrusters being used to make these maneuvers, as well as to keep Dragon precisely where it needs to be, in line with the international docking adapter. Again, we're going to the forward facing port of the node two module, also known as the Harmony

module. A live view coming from a camera mounted outside the International Space Station. Dragon on your left, soft capture ring or adapter is extended, and on the right, the International Space Station, their destination and the node two forward port. >> On the big loop. >> Copy ten meters. >> NASA astronaut Jessica

Watkins, commander of crew 13, reporting exactly what we're seeing now. Almost nine meters from the space station. >> Again, the theory of relativity. It looks so slow and steady. But again, a reminder they are moving at 17,500mph, both vehicles together. >> This view of the docking port coming from Dragon Grace

looking at the International Space Station now seven meters away. Six meters from the International Space Station. >> Five meters. >> Copy five meters. >> Standing by for the call out. Chop crew hands off point. That would be when any retreat would be made by Dragon autonomously. >> Copy two meters and hands off.

>> Standing by for contact and capture. >> One meter. >> Copy one meter. Dragon space on the big loop. Dragon contact and soft capture complete. >> Copy. Contact. >> And contact. Confirmed. Dragon Grace and crew 13 making contact with the International Space Station at 6:05 p.m. Central time. 263 statute miles

over the Northeast Pacific Ocean. The total transit time from launch to docking seven hours and 55 minutes, the fastest for an American spacecraft, to the International Space Station. >> And there's still a few steps to complete before Dragon is securely attached to the station again. We we've had that soft capture ring. Already

made contact. Now we're going to have the hard capture with the 12 hooks again, six at a time. >> Dragon space on the big loop ring retraction is in progress. >> And that's. That's that soft capture ring retracting. Once that's retracted, then the six hooks, the first set of six hooks can begin to drive, and it will be two sets of six

hooks total of 12. That will confirm the hard capture. >> This entire process takes about 15 minutes. Again, even though we're here, we've arrived. Slow and steady wins the race when you're in space. So after all of these docking events are successful, the flight controllers will configure Dragon for docked operations, and that is when

they will connect power and data to the spacecraft from the International Space Station. If you're following along down in the left hand corner of your screen, you >> Can see. >> The mock up of the docking adapter and what phase that we are in. Initially, soft capture when that soft capture ring

pulls Dragon to the International Space Station and moving into hard capture, which is where those two sets of six hooks. So 12 hooks in total drive and firmly secure the spacecraft to its home International Space Station. Again, second visit for Dragon Grace. Previously having flown to the space station on the Axiom mission for now,

returning NASA SpaceX crew 13. Pretty lucky number 13 today. I have. >> To say. >> We had a really, really smooth countdown. The weather parted, the skies parted and allowed us to lift off on time today. First launch attempt and now a docking. Just seven hours and 55 minutes later. And we

are still checking out our data. The hard, the soft capture ring retraction still ongoing. Actually, it looks like it may have just completed. >> And you can follow along with the graphic on your bottom left hand corner that will show when the hooks start driving. You should be able to see the first six hooks and then the second six hooks. And once you

see the 12 there. >> Dragon space X on the big loop. Ring retraction is complete. Docking sequence is holding for MCs reconfiguration. >> Complete and CMG mode transition. >> We've heard a lot of voices today. That being the core here at SpaceX, communicating with the crew on Dragon, they are on the big loop, meaning everyone

can hear and communicate on this loop, whether it's Dragon, the space station, or either Mission Control here. Mission control in Houston now, while they're still in Dragon and still configuring the spacecraft and stepping through this capture process. They are still communicating with core. However, once the crew begins to join, expedition 75 floats

through the International Space Station and throughout their working days, they'll be communicating with the Capcom in Houston. >> And again, what you're seeing on your screen is a view of the Dragon spacecraft. Grace with the crew. 13 astronauts still inside, patiently waiting as the docking sequence is currently in process. The

software, the soft capture ring, has been retracted, and we are waiting for the 12 hooks. >> Station Houston on the big loop MC as configured, proceeding with hook driving. >> Those first six hooks have started driving on Dragon side into the International Space Station. Now it's not scheduled to be. Oh, and here's a view inside Dragon on the left hand

side of your screen, on your left. NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins, commander of crew 13 and to the right. That was NASA astronaut Luke Delaney, the pilot. [LAUGHTER] But I was mentioning, you know, the this is a this is a delicate process. So there's not any exercise scheduled for the astronauts on the space

station right now so that there aren't any unintended loads imparted while we're in this docking process. I don't know if you watched the Artemis two mission, but you could always tell when the astronauts were exercising because the solar arrays would move and they were put in a safe position for that. So we, we, we mimic something here. Really. I guess this is

where it was developed where, you know, we don't schedule exercise at a time when we are doing these docking or undocking operations to ensure that everything stays perfectly aligned because our astronauts are required to exercise about two hours every day to help maintain that bone and that muscle strength so that when they come back to earth,

they're feeling strong, they're feeling good. >> Dragon space X on the big loop, hard capture is complete. >> Great news. We have confirmed that 12 the 12 hooks have completed. It's hard capture, meaning that the crew is now docked to the International Space Station. So now that Dragon has completed its docking sequence, the

spacecraft must undergo a handful of checks before the hatch is opened. The crew on board Dragon will now get a chance to get out of their suits and suits before moving into the hatch operations. >> That's right, and things will be picking up inside the space station. Two as NASA's Jessica Meir gets the hatch on the station side, ready to be

open and starts pressurizing that area known as the vestibule between the dragon and station hatches with Dragon docked. That's going to do it for us here in Hawthorne, but our coverage for crew 13 won't stop here. >> In a minute. We're going to toss it to Gary in Mission Control Houston to take us through the vestibule,

depressurization and hatch opening when we'll see NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins, Luke Delaney. CSA, CSA astronaut Josh Kutryk and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergei Nikov to float into the International Space Station. But first, let's quickly recap how they got here. They woke up early this morning and suited up. There you can see them suiting up there in

the suit up room. They took a very short ride to the pad earlier today and there the closeout crew is there in the suit up room, helping them get ready for their launch this morning. >> No doubt they've stepped through this procedure several times getting ready for this day, but today is the real day. Visit there from NASA

administrator Jared Isaacman greeting the crew and the game that Jessica Watkins, the commander, had to lose. This is a tradition the commander has to lose to get rid of any bad luck. And I think that it worked because we had a really smooth ride uphill. So obviously everybody is excited that she lost. Eventually they walked outside, began waving to

their families. >> And they got inside of their Teslas. >> Dragon. SpaceX on the big loop docking sequence is complete. Ground will be enabling hard line power and comm connections shortly. You have a go to doff suits in four decimal zero, one, two, and in parallel begin cabin config in four decimal 400.

>> Dragon copy docking complete and go to four decimal zero, one, two and four decimal 400. >> That's a good readback. >> Wadi Luke. Josh. Sergei, welcome and welcome back to the International Space Station. I hope you enjoyed the expedited ride, and we were hoping to have some Mountain Dew chilling in Melfi for you. But as it turns out, H-e-b curbside

doesn't cover low-Earth orbit. >> From spaceship Grace. Thank you very much for that warm welcome. Behalf of myself, Josh, Jessica, Luke, and Sergey, thank you to everyone who has made this mission. Get off to such a wonderful start and thank you for your trust. There's something profound about being trusted with the responsibility to operate this

station. Humanity's one and only outpost in space, enabling, as it does our species first steps off the planet and into outer space. Jessica, for you and your crew, thank you for the warm welcome. We do wish you a very speedy and safe return home in a couple of days for you and your crew. We look forward to working with you and to learning from you. For

everyone else, thanks for following along. We hope that you may see them. They see the earth as we see it now, because to do so is to see a future that can be full of optimism and prosperity. But we have to choose that. And it is a future if we feel that runs through space. It's an absolute honor to be here. Thank you for the welcome, Grace. Signing off.

>> Thank you for your words, Josh. And we are eagerly awaiting. >> To welcome you in to a new home here. And the whole crew, Lori, Luke and Sergei. >> Great exchange of words between the crew, 13 crew and the NASA astronaut Anil Menon on board the International Space Station as they're preparing for vestibule

pressurization so that the crew can enter the International Space Station. >> This is a live look inside Dragon Grace right now closest to the camera. Sergey of the Roscosmos cosmonaut. Behind him is NASA astronaut Luke Delaney, the pilot. And you can't really see her. But to Luke's left is NASA's Jessica Watkins. And to Jessica's left, Canadian Space

Agency astronaut Josh Kutryk. Those really great words coming from him as this crew has arrived at the International Space Station. The docking process is complete. We have hooks closed and a hard mate, and the umbilical has been installed. >> They're still strapped into their suits, but you could see that microgravity is helping

their arms float a little bit. They're. >> Yeah, they did get the go to get out of their suits as well. That will help them start stepping through procedures to get the interior of Dragon ready before they open the hatch and float through into the International Space Station again. They docked the node two forward port. 6:05 p.m. Central

Time. 4:05 p.m. Pacific Time today. So if you want to look back at our recap earlier today, we did lift off right on time at 8:10 a.m. Pacific Time, 11:10 a.m. eastern. Those nine Merlin 1D engines ignited and Falcon nine launched from Space Launch Complex 40 beginning Crew 13 s journey to the International Space Station. >> And then the stage one

vehicle returned back to earth, landing at Landing Zone 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. And we got a live view of or not a live view. A view from earlier this morning of a launch. >> Hard to believe it's just. About just a little over eight hours ago now. Smooth ride into orbit again. The first stage separating coming back to earth.

Eventually the second stage continuing to propel Dragon into space. All in all, about a nine minute ride, I believe. Eight minutes, 48 seconds. If we want to be too specific for the space for the crew. 13 crew aboard Dragon Grace now, we docked at 6:05 p.m. central, 7:05 p.m. eastern today to the forward facing port of the space station's Harmony module,

and we saw a couple of views. They are joining crew 12, which is at the space facing port of the station's Harmony module. So you can follow NASA or you can follow SpaceX on X and NASA on social media for real time updates. But thanks again for watching. Go NASA, go space X and go crew 13. And if you're watching on X, please head over to NASA plus to follow the

coverage live. >> Thanks for being with us here in Hawthorne today. Leah. It's always a pleasure to have you here. And thank you to everyone for tuning in today. >> Thank you, Jesse, and thank you everyone. What a wonderful journey it has been. So now over to Gary at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston to continue sharing the mission as

the crew prepares to board their home for the next approximately six months. That's the International Space Station. Thank you. >> This is mission control, Houston. We're getting a live look at Dragon Grace now docked to the forward port of the International Space Station. The four crew members of 13 are doffing their suits and going

through their procedures to get ready to enter the. You heard the recap from Leah and Jesse of the launch to docking sequence, but we'll be taking you through. Is the sequence of. Now that we have docked, the umbilical is deployed and attached to the International Space Station, and we are drawing power from. From the International Space Station and

transferring data. The work through the procedures to doff and configure the Dragon cabin prior to entering the International Space Station. >> Basics. This is Dragon on the payload for a com check. >> On the handheld mic. >> Dragon, I have you loud and clear on the big loop. >> Loud and clear as well. Thanks.

>> That was mission specialist Joshua Kutryk, who will be joining the expedition 75 crew as a flight engineer once he enters the International Space Station again. They have doffed or taken off of their suits. The suits have an umbilical that extends and connects to a seat through the duration of the flight. Thus far. While they have the suits on and have

that umbilical connected, all of the communications go through the suits themselves via that umbilical. Now that they're taking off their suits, they unhook the umbilical and they switch to a handheld communication device with Kutryk just did was check that the communications are still good. They're still on the big loop. They can be heard. And we

we can hear the crew on the inside grace as they continue to walk through their procedures. As the sun sets. After a successful docking of grace to the International Space Station. We'll continue to provide periodic updates as to the status of the operations that will bring the crew 13 crew aboard the International Space Station. There's a lot to

do on both sides of the hatches. Again, for crew 13, they're taking off their suits and they will be configuring the cabin and getting ready to enter the International Space Station. On the space station side, NASA astronaut Anil Menon's job of monitoring the spacecraft's approach and docking to the International Space Station is complete. He will be tearing

down that hardware no longer needed as this. As the vehicle is successfully docked to the station, Jessica Meir is leading the hatch. Opening sequence procedures. We'll hopefully be getting some views on the inside of the International Space Station as she works to set that up. Those camera views, as well as opening the hatches themselves.

There are three hatches that we have to open to have the crew. The two crews meet, the expedition 75 crew and crew, 13. We have the node two forward hatch. We have the A hatch, and this was the hatch that before Dragon Grace was docked to the International Space Station, was the one that was exposed on the other side, was exposed to vacuum. Now that Dragon Grace

has docked, you have that vestibule in between those two hatches. And then, of course, you have the hatch to Dragon Grace itself. It'll be a periodic sequence to open up those hatches, that space in between the A pass and dragon hatches has to be pressurized. It has been exposed to vacuum. We need to wait for that thermal environment to

stabilize before we start bringing it up to pressure to match that of the International Space Station and Dragon Grace inside is 14.7 psi. About what you would find at sea level on earth. So again, we'll take some periodic pauses. You're getting live views of the International Space Station flight control room. It's the teams here that are overseeing

the procedures for the expedition 75 astronauts inside that are going through those hatch opening procedures and, of course, monitoring the space station itself. Space station and Dragon flying 259 statute miles over the north eastern coast of South America. Now, on the other side of the Terminator line, into orbital darkness. So we're not getting

those views on the outside of the station quite yet. They're not illuminated. We have some dark views right now, so we'll stick in the room here for a little bit until we get a little bit more illumination. Again, this is Mission Control Houston. We'll be providing periodic updates as to the pressurization of the vestibule, the opening of the hatches, and

joining crew 13 with expedition 75. >> Dragon Space X on the big loop for awareness. Ís power connection has been established. >> This is Mission Control, Houston. The voice you just heard was the core and Mission Control over in Hawthorne, relaying to the crew over the big loop, which is still established. We still have that

voice connection between the two ground mission control rooms in Hawthorne and in Mission Control Houston, as well as Dragon Grace and the International Space Station, all talking on the same loop. As part of the docking sequence, an umbilical was deployed between Dragon Grace and the International Space Station that establishes power,

communication and data transfer between the two vehicles. We just heard that the power transfer that has been checked out and is looking good. We'll get the same confirmation about the data. And again, we'll be walking through these procedures periodically. It's going to take some time until we get the hatches open, and we see the crew with hugs and

handshakes and a welcome ceremony that we'll see aboard the International Space Station. We'll get some internal views. Right now we are just looking on the outside as the crew is inside. The space station is working to establish those internal cameras. They have to set them up and mount them in such a way that we get good views of the hatch, opening

procedures, and we'll walk you through those as well. As we come upon them. Again, we have a good power connection between Grace and the International Space Station. We'll be providing periodic updates as we hear them. This is Mission Control, Houston. This is mission control. Houston will be providing status updates

periodically. Still getting a look, a live look on the inside of the International Space Station flight control room. We do have some cameras on the outside of the space station. However. We are in an orbital nighttime. Not much to see. So as soon as we enter, as soon as we cross the other side of that terminator line and start to see some features on the

outside of the space station, as well as Dragon internal views and International Space Station. Internal views. We'll be showing those to you as we are able. The Space Station and Dragon Grace now you can see, are flying over the South Atlantic Ocean there, there, off the coast, off the eastern coast of South America, traveling on a southeasterly

course in an orbital nighttime. They'll be coming up on the southern shores of Africa. You see, as they continue along their trajectory. And we work through those procedures to welcome crew 13 aboard the International Space Station. So a quick recap. Since docking, we docked at 6:05 p.m. central time. Since then, the teams have been working to through

the procedures to get the crew aboard the International Space Station, but also configure the spacecraft themselves. The crew 13 Dragon Grace, after docking has an umbilical that's extended, and we did confirm that power is being provided from the International Space Station to Dragon Grace, which has been operating off of battery power and the solar

arrays they have on the trunk on the way uphill. Now they can charge those batteries with the space station. >> Stand by for hardline audio config. >> In addition to the power, we're now working on the data and hardline audio. We'll stand by for that check momentarily. >> Dragon standing by. >> So again, that umbilical

establishes power. It also allows for the transfer of data via hardline. They've been transferring data a number of different ways via the Tdrss tracking and data relay satellites via a direct ship to ship communication. That's called the C2V2. Common communications for visiting vehicles. A transfer directly between Dragon and the

International Space Station, and, of course, ground stations as well. This data path is the hard line connection. We'll be testing that momentarily. Again established by that umbilical that was connected as part of the docking sequence. We reported some of the milestones of Dragon Grace, the Umbilicals, and the systematic procedures

and checkouts that are needed prior to the hatch opening inside the cabin. Inside the vehicle, Dragon Grace, you have the crew doffing or taking off their suits. We did hear good communications via the handheld handset that's inside Dragon Grace. They've been speaking through their suits. Their suits are connected via an umbilical inside of Dragon. Now

that they are doffing or taking off the suits, they'll switch handsets that that that audio has been confirmed. We're hearing the crew and we will continue to hear the crew on those handsets inside the International Space Station. The crew is working on pressurizing the vestibule. >> That will. >> NASA astronaut and space

station commander Jessica Meir that's working through those procedures. She's already introduced air into the vestibule that's in between the Dragon and the International Space Station. It was at vacuum. She's bringing it up to 14 pounds per square inch. And right now we're waiting as as that settles, once the dragon since that vestibule has been

exposed to vacuum, there's some thermal variants. That's a part of the pressurization sequence. So you need to wait until that dampens before you can say for certain that we've performed a successful leak check, so it will be some time until we actually confirm that. But we do have air in between those. In between those two spacecraft. NASA astronaut Anil Menon

wrapped up his monitoring procedures and did some closeout duties to take away or put away, rather, the monitoring hardware that's necessary for NASA astronaut or a S.O.S astronaut to monitor Dragon's approach to the International Space Station. Another layer of redundancy that's done. The Dragon Grace is attached to the space

station, and so the monitoring procedures are over. They can move into the hatch opening and welcome. Inside the International Space Station. Jessica Meir, earlier today during the rendezvous and docking procedures, was working on some packing, of course, with crew 13 arriving and soon to be welcomed as part of the expedition 75 crew. It'll be

time for crew 12 to go home, and so they'll perform a handover. And you see some of the crew members that are a part of expedition 75. On the left, Jessica Meir will be part of crew 12, Jack Hathaway on the right, NASA astronaut Sophie at European Space Agency or ESA astronaut and. Oh, and of course, Andre will be one of

the the cosmonaut on board the dragon freedom that will be undocking in a few days. As part of the handover between crew 13 and crew 12, you'll have the Soyuz crew with Nieminen, Pyotr Dubrov and Anikina that will remain on station with crew 13. So of course you have Jessica Meir that was packing the their dragon for the ride home.

Sophia was preparing the Casa, which is a sleeping quarters that's inside the International Space Station when the population inside goes up to 11, you got to find different places to sleep until they can switch over their crew quarters. And once crew 12 leaves and departs, the International Space Station, crew 13 will have assumed all of the crew

quarters that are available on the U. SOS side. You, of course, have crew quarters on the Roscosmos side as well. But Sophia was working on that. >> Dragon Houston for Com-check on the big loop. Hard line audio config is complete. >> This is mission Control Houston again confirming we have that umbilical extended connecting Dragon Grace to the

International Space Station. We do have confirmation that Power. >> Dragon we copy it. Com config complete comm check. >> Got you loud and clear. Help me. >> We got you the same. >> The umbilical hard line data transfer between Dragon and the International Space Station established. We heard those comms inside Dragon. That was

Commander Jessica Watkins on the inside, confirming that that hard line communications has been established. Again, they're using handhelds. They're continuing to walk through their doffing procedures, taking off those suits. They hang them out to dry. So they have a whole series of procedures that they have to do. And they're working

hard on the inside of Dragon. In addition, they will outfit the dragon cabin to prepare before and after the hatches between Dragon and the International Space Station are opened. This includes taking out some of the lioh canisters, the lithium hydroxide canisters that are part of the carbon dioxide scrubbing of the environment of Inside Dragon.

Those are consumables. Those are usable, so they're not something that is sort of like a swing bed that you see on the International Space Station that can be used in perpetuity. They do have a certain charge to them. So they do like to save those. So they'll work on configuring the cabin so they can take those down as the air from the International Space

Station, the mixed air environment that includes oxygen and nitrogen will be mixed into the cabin of Dragon as part of the hatch opening sequence. Once we do get that video inside the International Space Station, you'll see Commander Jessica Meir work with a variety of tubes hoses that will be part of the. That will help to introduce that air

from station to Dragon. Interesting quirk of the atmosphere. The environment of microgravity in low earth orbit is. Sometimes there can be pockets of carbon dioxide that's trapped. So they do have to have those hoses to mix the air thoroughly, make sure there's enough oxygen flowing. And that just helps with the hatch opening procedure. She's

working through that. In addition to the vestibule pressurization procedures. And we'll be walking through that as we get milestones and checkpoints reported from the inside of station. For now, we have good hard line communications. And again, we'll be providing periodic updates. This is mission Control, Houston.

>> Station on two four Leeca. Check. >> Go ahead on to Jessica. >> We are just checking in. I'm assuming you'll give me the go for 3.1 when we're at the right time, or how would you like to work that? >> Yep, that's the plan. We'll give you a call when we're ready. We're not quite there yet.

>> Hey. >> You see in the view here on the right is the flight director, Diane Dailey. She's been leading the teams through the rendezvous approach and docking procedures, and will continue to lead the teams through the hatch opening procedures as well. To her right, the left on the screen is Julia Hildebrandt, the

Capcom it's her voice that you're hearing being relayed up to the crew. And that was Commander Jessica Meir. Again, Meir is working through the procedures to pressurize the vestibule, open up the hatches. She again, we have introduced air into the vestibule for that pressurization sequence sequence. She's referencing some of the steps that are

necessary to verify that. Perform the leak checks, open up the hatches, and we hopefully will be getting some views on the inside of the International Space Station soon. So we can actually see what she's doing. The cameras on the are on the outside now as we cross over the Terminator line, and we're starting to see a little bit more features of

the outside of the International Space Station now illuminating the outside and revealing dragon grace as well. But it'll be we'll just stand by. As Hildebrandt mentioned, that we'll just stand by and wait for those, wait for that next step. The ethos officer, the environmental control officer that's monitoring the environmental systems and needs

to verify that they've passed certain checkpoints before they can start with those next things, opening up the hatches, confirming that the leak checks are good. Those sorts of milestones. And so we're standing by continuing to work through our procedures. They're making great progress on both sides. And we have a sunrise now illuminating grace on the

other side of the earth. We are passing the we are now on the southern Indian Ocean, where southeast of the coast of South Africa. Closer and deeper out into the ocean, 270 miles above and traveling 17,500mph. We're following along on the hatch opening procedures between Dragon Grace. Inside the crew 13 crew are working through their procedures, doffing their

suits, configuring the cabin, and on the other side, NASA astronaut Jessica Meir is working through the vestibule, pressurization, and hatch opening sequences. Eventually they'll meet. It's going to be some time we have to maintain our patience before we open up those hatches. It's a very regimented process until we're able to greet the meet the two

crews. And as part of that, we will have a formal welcome ceremony that, of course, will be broadcasting. We'll continue our live coverage uninterrupted through the hatch opening sequence and of course, through the welcome ceremony as well. To join the full complement of expedition 75, 11 people will be on board the International Space Station. We'll stay tuned

for that. In the meantime, this is Mission Control, Houston. >> Station, Houston on two for Jessica and Vestibule Press. >> On two. >> You are. Go in. Step 3.1 of 2.102. >> 3.1. >> Thanks. >> This is Mission Control, Houston. That call from Capcom. Julia Hildebrand here in

Mission Control Houston to Jessica Meir confirming that the vestibule has passed the leak check period. So once pressurizing up to very close to the sea level pressure, which is 14.7 psi, it was leveling out. They were waiting for it to stabilize. It was stable around 14 psi that go that procedure reference is the reference to say that to

continue introducing air into the vestibule and bring it back up to that pressure equalization period. So she is introducing more air, allowing it to rise. And she'll be working on that pressurization sequence. And we are moving along the checklist of opening up the hatches. That's one of the one of the next steps. So that's what Jessica Meir is

doing. Introducing air. We'll stand by and guide you through some of the next steps as well. Again, we have good power, good data flow between the two vehicles. Everything's looking good on the inside of Dragon. >> I see 0.01. Is that close enough to zero for Sep 3.3? >> Affirm. Good to proceed. >> The Mission Control Houston. Jessica Meir was given the go

to begin opening up the hatch. Now we do have video that's been that looks like it's mounted and established inside node two. You can see a nil menin making his way down the pressurized mating adapter where he is heading. That's where Jessica Meir is working. She again introduced air into the vestibule, got it back up to a pressure that's close to

equalization. And just to make sure that she can proceed on with the next step, that next step is using a torque tool, the A pass hatch tool, and she affixes it to the A pass hatch and is going to start opening up those hatches. ESA astronaut Sophie Atno coming into frame as well. Anil Menon and her, along with Jessica Meir, will be among the seven crew members

inside the station as part of expedition 75 to formally welcome crew 13 to the International Space Station. We'll start seeing more and more of the astronauts gather in this frame here, but we do have video on the inside of the International Space Station on the back end. Again, Jessica Meir, working through the procedures to open up the A

hatch. You can see the node two forward hatches open. That's where Anil Menon is coming from, floating towards the frame on the back end there where you can see Jessica Meir working. She has a screen in front of her that is showing the different procedures necessary for opening up that a hatch. There's a tool up there to rotate, and she'll be using

that to open up the hatch. You can see as part of the procedures that Meir has a camera next to her. She'll be taking photos of the hatch. She'll work through the procedures that are carefully choreographed. It's not just using a tool and opening up the hatch. There's a there's a seal relaxation period that she

needs to undergo to allow that pressure to equalize and, and that hatch to open up a little easier. But of course, as part of it is the inspection. She'll be taking pictures of different points of the a pass hatch to document how that the hatch is at this moment in time. If any of the data needs to be referenced later, it can be. She'll be downlinking some of

those photos to the ground for engineers to inspect and make sure everything, everything looks good on that end. Because eventually after the after crew 13 has completed their mission, they'll have to eventually open up that hatch again and close it. So Meir taking it one step ahead and getting them a head start. This is Mission Control,

Houston. We're watching NASA astronaut Jessica Meir walk through the hatch opening procedures again. She has. Pressurized the vestibule in between the hatches of Dragon and the International Space Station. That pressure has been equalized. So she's working on opening up the hatch on the space station side. This is called the A pass hatch. She

used a tool to open up the seals to the hatch and allowing some relaxation time to allow that to settle before she actually opens up the hatch. She used the camera to document the seals themselves that will be used for inspection by engineers on the ground. At a later time. She'll have to take the images from that camera and downlink that to the ground.

She's donning some nitrile gloves right now, and that will be part of her hatch seal inspection procedures. Just an added layer of precaution. Once she opens up the A hatch, she'll be able to inspect all of the various seals of the hatch, make sure it's in a good condition, and then, of course, we'll walk you through the configuration steps. On the

other side of the hatch. That is the side that's facing inside the vestibule and toward the dragon hatch. Right now, there is a long rod. That's the docking target that was used for Dragon Grace as it approached the International Space Station. It's a long rod, so she'll want to take that off and secure the hatch with some padding. Ultimately, crew 13 is

going to be coming through the pressurized mating adapter. We want to make sure that that journey through does not have obstacles along the way, including rods and hard metal surfaces. So she'll be outfitting that hatch that's safe for Ingressing as part of the hatch opening procedures. This is Mission control, Houston. You're seeing the

flashes from the camera that Meir has in possession. She's documenting the hatch seals of the A hatch. It is, in fact, open. So she has gone through the procedures to open up the hatch. Now, now, remember, she donned those nitrile gloves looking at the various seals. She'll be taking those photos and downlinking them to the ground for engineer inspection,

then at a later time. But of course, she has the honor of doing the inspection herself. At the beginning. >> Dragon SpaceX on the big loop for S-band and status. >> Dragon. We're ready to copy. >> Okay, we are going to be disabling S-band shortly. Dragon to ground will no longer be available, so we'll need you to change the last two push to

talk destinations to ISS. And then the second part is a question which is like a status from you on current cabin configuration. >> Okay Dragon copies. We will no longer have Dragon around available, so we'll push over all seats and cabin mike to ISS for your question. We have four suits. Docked and connected and drying. Currently, the timer.

Drying timers at 25 minutes out of our hour, we are getting. Dressed, pushed out into our flight suits and that's about it for status. >> Okay, we copy and we see the same timer on the ground side. Remaining items for 4.4 hundred. When you are ready to call those down. And then also when you are fully dressed and ready for us to come on board, let us

know and we will do the video configuration. >> Copies will get you those readouts in 44.4 hundred and let you know when you can come on board. >> This is Mission Control Houston on the foreground there. Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina. She'll be one of the seven expedition 75 crew members on the inside of the station to

welcome crew 13 as they come through the hatch in the background there you see Anil Menon and Jessica Meir working on the hatch opening procedures. They've opened up the A hatch. This is the hatch on the very back end closest to the Dragon hatch. They can now walk inside the vestibule, and there's a little window on the Dragon hatch that they can peek

through and say hi to their fellow crew members. Once, of course, they are fully dressed and ready to come on board. We should also be seeing some of the video as well. Again, they're going through the suit doffing procedures. It takes some time. They'll also have to do some cabin configuration steps that include configuring the cabin with some of the

consumable carbon dioxide scrubbing. Kits that they have on the inside. There in tow, you see, Jessica Meir has the docking target. That was the crosshairs. That was the target that we were seeing as Dragon was approaching the International Space Station. It's a rod that sticks right out from the from the hatch. Hope to see some of the some of

the images from Sophie Ateneo's selfie there to a wonderful moment. I'm sure the looks. The crew. You can see the smile on Sophie Adena's face. Excited to welcome crew 13 to join them aboard the International Space Station. Much of their work aboard today not only has been looking after the monitoring of the crew, they've also had to sleep shift to accommodate this

later time. Normally on a day to day aboard the International Space Station, this would be about the time that they are in their sleep period. Waking up around early in the morning central time. But they did a midday nap to shift their sleep to allow for us for the crew to walk through these procedures in what is to them, the middle of the night. So they're nice

and well-rested and of course, excited. They've been preparing the sleeping quarters, and of course, they'll do a debrief, a safety brief that's traditional upon crew 13 arrival of a visiting vehicle crew's arrival to the space station. Just to say, here's how things work aboard the International Space Station's truly reminders of things that they have rehearsed

a number of times, countless, really, that is part of their training on the ground before they even go to the International Space Station. Commander Jessica Watkins, of course, a return to the space station, familiar territory for her will be guiding her crew through as they enter the International Space Station for the first time. And then, of

course, includes NASA astronaut Luke Delaney, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergei Tretyakov, all three of whom they will be arriving to the International Space Station for the first time. Right now, Jessica Meir is installing a cover on the outside of the A hatch again. She removed the

docking carpet target, which is a rod that sticks out of the back side of the A hatch that faces towards the hatch of Dragon was used as a docking target, and the crosshairs that allowed for a gentle guiding of Dragon Grace to dock with the International Space Station earlier today. 6:05 p.m. Central Time. Not too long ago. So she's removed that docking

target and also is installing some padding on the on the underneath the underside, which was that same side, so that when the dragon grace hatch is opened and crew 13 floats through, there's it's just an added safety precaution. Soft goods that are installed on the inside to allow for safer travel in between the Dragon and the International Space

Station. NASA astronaut Jack Hathaway entering frame. Again, we'll have the full complement of. >> Inventory. >> I am ready to copy inventory. >> Inventory starting with water location 203. Location 11. Bag 2032. Used. Location 12. Bag 2025 used. >> Okay I copy.

>> Bag and then you can let me know if you miss anything. Food is just one out of location, 11 bag 301. Waste. We have so far four cycles on the urine system. That's before the flush. Again, when we do that copy, that's all we got. >> Okay, Josh, I copy. Water is bag 2032 consumed bag 2025 consumed food bag 3011 consumed and waste for uses does not

include flush. >> Affirmative. >> This is mission control. Houston still getting views on the inside of the International Space Station. We're continuing to walk through the procedures of opening up the hatch hatches very methodically, very carefully. We introduced air into the vestibule between the dragon and space station

hatches before they were opened. Jessica Meir opened the hatch and inspected it. Prior to removing the docking target and installing some covering to allow it to be a little bit safer before they come through. So on the station side, they are moving very quickly through their procedures. It'll be this view that we will have for the welcome ceremony. We'll see

hugs and handshakes of the crew on board the International Space Station as they're welcomed as crew 13 rather is welcomed. Crew 13, the other side of the hatch is working through their procedures as well. It's their job to work with the space teams in Hawthorne in their mission control center, to close out, to go through the various tasks

to get themselves ready, as well as the dragon itself. This includes doffing or taking off the suits, part of taking off the suits also means. That they hang them out to dry. It's just one of the procedures that they need. So when we do come aboard inside Dragon Grace, that means when the cameras are activated and we're able to see inside as they're getting changed and

ready to be welcomed. That will. We might see some of the suits floating and hanging and, and anchored to various positions inside of Dragon before the hatch itself is opened. >> Station station is ready for the Dragon hatch. Equalization. >> And Houston copy. Stand by for about ten minutes, please. >> Dragon copies as well, and we'll. On this end, take all of

those ten minutes. Thanks. >> In frame. Now from left to right is is Astronaut Sophia in the middle there is Anna Kikina. And to the right is Anil Menon. Ahead of the welcome ceremony, when crew 13 will join expedition 75, they've donned their flight suits representing the various missions that they are on right now. They're walking through. What a welcome

ceremony will look like. Somehow they have to figure out how to fit 11 astronauts and cosmonauts in the frame. Here, crew 12 is donned with the blue flight suits. Sophia Aetna, one of the four crew 12 crew members that will be leaving a few days now that crew 13 has launched and arrived aboard the International Space Station, and the white flight suits is

the crew of Soyuz Ms. 28. And a kikina. And. A nil Menon are two of the three. Fyodor Dubrov is the final member of the three person crew that is Ms. 28. We'll have three crew members of Ms. 28 and the four of crew 12. And then, of course, will welcome crew 13 once the Dragon hatch is opened. Sometimes it is some time until the Dragon hatch between. When

the Dragon hatch is opened and they actually enter through the hatchway, there may be some additional steps that the SpaceX mission director relays to the crew. 13 crew. And of course, we'll just stand by, even though we're eagerly awaiting the crew. 13 astronauts and cosmonauts to enter through. We'll of course, wait until the time is right,

but so far the crew is working. By the predicted timeline, doing very well of meeting all of the different milestones necessary for welcoming crew 13. Right now we are in a handover of video and audio from the International Space Station. I should just say video. We do still have audio communications established and it looks like we're regaining some video as

well. So as a brief handover between the that was part of the tracking and data relay satellite network that provides that communication to here in Mission Control, Houston. This is mission Control. Houston continuing to stand by until we get that go to open up the Dragon hatch grew in the inside of the space station, eagerly

awaiting. Of course. They set up the view that will be able to see the crew 13 astronauts and cosmonauts as they enter through. The pressurized Mating adapter. The International Space Station is traveling. More than 265 statute miles over the earth right now over the North Pacific Ocean, south off the coast of. Alaska, and on a trajectory that is

southeasterly about. Cross over the continental United States. Very soon. Again, we're standing by. That is the last step that's necessary is the at least on the station side, is just awaiting the opening of the Dragon Hatch. Crew 13 on the other side has a number of different procedures that they need to work through before they can open up. That hatch

includes cabin configuration. They've doffed their suits, hanging them out to dry. And so we'll stand by, provide periodic updates, and enjoy the views until we wait for hatch. Opening of crew 13. This is Mission Control, Houston. All procedures on the International Space Station side have been complete. Now just awaiting a

go from the. SpaceX team in Hawthorne, as well as the crew aboard Dragon Grace to give a go to open up the hatch. We're standing by awaiting for that. Go. >> Spacelink's Dragon on the big loop for Dragon Hatch. >> Go for hatch equalization. >> We are ready for hatch equalization when you are. If you're waiting on us.

>> Copy. Dragon. We were expecting to see a waste system flush, which has not occurred yet, so let's sync up on 4.40 state. I want to confirm you've completed all of section three. >> That urine flush is in work. We'll get back to you. >> Okay. SpaceX copies. And what are you, a follow up question? Well, two follow up items. First, can we bring the

cameras back on board in this state? And then second, we see that the suit drying timer has completed. So you can turn off the suit fans and begin stowing suits. If you'd like. >> Here we copy drying timers up. We will turn the fans off. The fans off and standby on cameras. >> Copy you. Standing by on cameras.

>> This is mission Control, Houston expedition 75. Enjoying a bit of fun before the hatches are open, and they're able to welcome the four new crew members of crew 13 to the International Space Station and join expedition 75 to make a total crew of 11 crew members that we'll see in the frame from this view that you're seeing on your

>> Screen. It will be a brief day for the crew after the hatches are open and they do a welcome ceremony. Right after the welcome ceremony, the expedition 75 crew will walk crew 13 through a safety briefing to give them a lay of the land of the International Space Station. Here's how life is aboard. Here's a reminder of some of the procedures that you

have trained for countless times before arriving to the International Space Station, and then the crew will undergo some very brief transfer of cargo just to move some of the critical items off of the dragon before they enter right back into a sleep period. Expedition 75 had to. Do a bit of sleep shifting to accommodate this. What is, for

them? A late night operation. So they took a midday nap to oversee the. To oversee these rendezvous and docking procedures, as well as the hatch opening. And welcome everybody shifting their sleep to to accommodate accordingly. And again, all the crew members are getting into position. We'll have 11 crew members

in frame here. Hatches open hugs and handshakes will welcome crew 13 aboard and begin a welcome ceremony shortly after. >> Space X Dragon on the big loop. We are starting the. Urine hose flush with a bottle of water from 204. Location 12. Starting the five minute timer. >> Okay, we copy starting the five minute timer and one

bottle of water from 204. >> Station Houston on two. As much as we've been enjoying your antics on the node two camera, if you're up for it, we'd like to knock out the Pao voice check while we're waiting. >> We are ready. It's all set up. Let's do it. >> Hey, Neil, we actually didn't hear you. Do you mind giving us another ten count in

front of the camera? And that was a beautiful voice check. Thanks for that. >> This is mission Control, Houston again. You're getting a live view inside of node one. We're continuing to stand by until crew 13 opens up the hatch of Dragon and enters through the pressurized mating adapter you see in the

background there, and is welcomed by the expedition 75 crew. They have a few procedures to wrap up before that is opened, and we proceed with the welcome ceremony, and we're continuing to stand by until we get that go to open up the hatch. >> Dragon on the big loop. The urine flush is complete. We are ready to come on board with

cameras, and we are In section four of four decimal 400. >> Okay, SpaceX copies all. We will command the cameras. Internal. >> Copies. >> Spacelink's Dragon on the big loop. Just to confirm, we are now ready for hatch equalization. >> We copy and we are getting ready for that on the ground.

>> And. >> With that, Ís and Dragon stand by for equalization. Expected to take two minutes. >> Copies. >> Copy that. Can't wait. >> Dragon. SpaceX, you are go for hatch opening per the decal, followed by remaining actions in procedure four decimal 400. Final step of that procedure will direct you to NASA.

Procedure one decimal 102 part Charlie. And correction two decimal 102 copies. >> Go to open the Dragon hatch for the decal. Continue through the rest of section four of four decimal 400 and transition into Ís. Procedure two decimal 102 for Charlie. >> That's a good read back. >> This is Mission Control. Houston Crew 13 has been given

the go to open up the hatch. We should be seeing that open up momentarily. They'll flow through the hatch and be greeted by the expedition 75 crew members. Long time awaited and we're standing by for them to enter with hugs and handshakes. >> Three six Dragon on the big loop. The hatch is open. >> Copy hatch, open.

>> This is Mission Control, Houston. You can see some of the lights from the Dragon cabin peeking through. Confirm the dragon hatch is opened. Was opened at 8:19 p.m. Central time. Getting views inside Dragon again. The hatches are open was open 8:19 p.m. Central Time on October 1st, 2026. In the background there, Luke

Delaney will be seeing the crew 13 crew entering through the hatch shortly. The suits themselves, you see, are in a drying position. They latch them into place, but the astronauts are not inside of them. Part of the drying procedures. The crew has been working diligently to outfit the Dragon cabin prior to the hatch opening.

>> The Dragon crew is duct installation is complete. Go for I'm v fan activation. >> Houston. Copies. >> And Houston Dragon crew. Stand by for your go in six decimal three. >> Understood. Standby. Just a minute. Houston. On two you are. Go for 6.3. >> Crew copies. Go in six

decimal three. >> This is mission control. Houston. You're getting a live view of the inside of the International Space Station flight control room. Flight controllers here are overseeing the hatch opening and ingress operations. Crew 13 has arrived at the International Space Station, docked at 6:05 p.m. Central Time. Hatches were just

recently opened at 8:19 p.m. central. The crew has been working meticulously to make sure that the Dragon and Station are outfitted properly, doing a series of checks before opening up the hatches. When Jessica Meir opened up the A hatch, she did an inspection of the A pass hatch. The Dragon crew is doing the same. They have very similar procedures to

open up the hatch and do a hatch inspection. Additionally, once the hatch is opened, they have additional crew. Configuration steps that they need to take, including switching out some of the lioh or lithium hydroxide cartridges. These are carbon dioxide scrubbers that do have a shelf life on them, so they typically put these away. So we're going

to stand by as we wait for them to. Undergo some of those procedures. And then ideally, we'll be able to come back and show a welcome ceremony. And the crew. 13 entering the International Space Station here very shortly, we are taking a look at the communications aboard the station. There's some intermittent outages of Ku band

communication. So we'll we'll stand by as we have some intermittent gaps with that. We do have Ku now, though. We'll be just passing through a series of different gaps here very shortly, and we'll come back on board whenever the crew 13 and expedition 75 is about to do their welcome ceremony. Again, this is a traditional welcoming event. They were

setting up the camera that you saw on board the International Space Station, and already we got a we have the audio and video configured, so we're just waiting for that moment. >> On the big loop cartridge. One for the decal is sealed and installed. >> All right, we copy cartridge one sealed and installed. >> SpaceX Dragon crew on the

big loop. Dragon arrival configuration is complete for step eight decimal nine. >> Houston copies. >> And space copies as well. >> And SpaceX, you are good with us. Coming back to complete Park Delta. >> Affirm part Delta is expected to be completed at a later time. >> This is Mission Control,

Houston. We're on the final stretch here of the crew and all of their closeout procedures before they enter into the International Space Station. And here we go. Crew 13 is about to enter. >> The. >> Verse three, first through is Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergei Tatarinov. Being welcomed by the expedition 75 crew. Next

through is Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk. Here's pilot NASA astronaut Luke Delaney. Last through returning to the International Space Station. Commander of crew 13, NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins. We have crew 13 aboard the International Space Station. They're getting into position to. See

the welcome ceremony of the of crew 13 to the International Space Station. >> Houston, this is station. We are ready for the event. >> Houston. Copies, please begin the welcome ceremony. >> All right. Hello, Houston. Hello, Ís. We are so excited to be here. That was a super quick trip. It is hard to believe that we're already here, but we

are super glad to be here. Super glad to be here with expedition 75. You know, it's amazing and kind of ironic to think that it's such a short trip to get here, because the journey to get here has been long, and we are just so grateful for all of the support from the ground teams that enabled us to get here safely today, and all of our loved

ones across the world. We are so grateful. We are are so excited to be here. This is truly a special place. I'm excited to be back, excited to be sharing this place with my crewmates. Crew 13 crewmates for the first time Josh, Sergey and Luke. And yes, we are just so excited to be here. Thank you expedition 75 for such a warm welcome. We are happy to

join you guys and get to work as soon as possible. So thank you so much. You. All right? Let's cut that. Go ahead. >> Just just want to say hi to everyone at home in Canada. It's been a while since there was a Canadian here. I cannot believe I'm here. What a crazy day. A long day. I just can't believe it. But it feels really good. It feels really good to

have CSA back. The Canada flag back. I'm looking forward to a good mission. After some sleep. That's what I'm going to go do next. [LAUGHTER] Thanks everyone. Sergey. >> Okay. Thank you for this opportunity. Thank you, thank you. Space six. Thank you Roscosmos. I am happy because I have this work. Thank you so

much. >> Thank you. Houston Station is out. >> Thank you to all participants. We hope everyone rests up after the journey. And congratulations on your record breaking launch. To contact seven hours and 55 minutes. >> This is mission control. This is mission control. Houston. Crew 13 is now aboard

the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, as well as Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergei. As mentioned by the Capcom here in Mission Control Houston, Julia Hildebrandt, they made a record breaking journey from launch to the pad, docking at launching and docking on October 1st.

Docking 6:05 p.m. hatches open. 8:19 p.m. and of course, we just had that welcome ceremony. The crew 13 crew aboard the International Space Station. It will be getting situated and will be entering into a safety briefing to undergo the what and a refresher of the necessary steps for emergency egress and a little how tos of life aboard the International

Space Station, the place that they will call home for the next six months. You may have noticed in the crew 13 welcome ceremony, there were a few crew members that were not present. As mentioned, this is this was a record breaking journey from launch to docking. There could be a variety of factors, but of course, space flight is, is, is a, there is a, there is a,

there is an adaptation period that is necessary when crews enter into the unique and harsh environment that is microgravity. And so as part of entering into life aboard the International Space Station, there is traditionally a period of space was called spaceflight adaptation. And so they'll get their space legs here over the next couple of days and get

right back into working around the clock for conducting all the wonderful scientific and technological experiments and advances that are conducted aboard the space station. But of course, the crew will be spending the rest of the day getting situated aboard the International Space Station, their new home and. Transferring some crew and

getting some rest. After what was a long day with. With brief naps, launching and docking in a. In a record amount of time. With that, that will wrap up our coverage of the crew 13 mission from launch to docking. And now that crew 13 is aboard the International Space Station, we'll give them the rest of the day, and we will end our coverage here. With that, this

is Mission Control, Houston.