Commander Matthew Dominick, pilot Michael Barratt, mission specialists Jeanette Epps and Aleksandr Grebenkin arrived at the International Space Station after docking.
00:19Dragon made contact with the International Space Station at 11.28 p.m. Pacific
00:23while flying central over the North Atlantic Ocean just east of Newfoundland.
00:30And now you are seeing a live view inside the Dragon Endeavour spacecraft.
00:39You can see the SpaceX suits that the Kru-8 crewmembers were wearing for the docking operations
00:47as well as for launch on Sunday, March 3rd.
00:52Kru-8 is currently standing by and they will be ingressing into the International Space Station
00:58just a short time from now.
01:04And there we can see Kru-8 being joyfully welcomed aboard the International Space Station.
01:12The first aboard was NASA astronaut Matthew Dominic followed behind him NASA astronaut Michael
01:27Barrett and NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps and pulling up the end we have Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander
01:34Grubinkin.
01:50The Kru-8 astronauts now officially a part of Expedition 70 and the other Expedition 70 crewmembers giving them hugs and handshakes as they make their way onto the International Space Station, which will be their best.
01:56and the other Expedition 70 crewmembers giving them hugs and handshakes as they make their way onto the International Space Station, which will be their home for the next six months, as they conduct important science and research.
02:09Spatioon, this is Houston on Space to Ground 2. Are you ready for the event?
02:24Spatioon, this is Houston on Space to Ground 2. Are you ready for the event?
02:26All right, Let's go.
02:35iedy, what are you ready for ?
02:38Standby, Now.
02:43sociation.at
02:50question.
02:51Andy, sorry about that you can you give us a little count on the microphone? We weren't getting the audio down here.
02:56Okay, just another quick count.
03:24One, two, three, four, five.
03:31Six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
03:38All right, 11, 12, 13, we're ready to roll.
03:45Excellent.
03:46A big warm welcome to Crew 8 from all of us up here.
03:52Wouldn't you know it, after having made fun of Crew 8 for launching late, they arrive early to the space station and have us scrambling this morning.
04:00But it's absolutely fantastic to see their smiling faces.
04:06Welcome to space, Matt, Jeannette, and Alex, and welcome back to space to Mike.
04:14This is also for Crew 7, a slightly bittersweet moment because with their arrival, it also starts the countdown to our own departure and return to Earth in about a week's time.
04:26But it's great to see Crew 8, welcome.
04:30You guys are going to have a fantastic mission, I'm sure of it.
04:34And we look forward to spending the next week in space with you.
04:37And for Laurel, Oleg, and Nikolai, there you are, a few more weeks.
04:47But welcome to you, and I'll pass the mic to you, Matt.
04:53Thank you so much.
04:54We are, of course, super excited to be here.
04:56And after we saw you call us out yesterday, we phoned a few friends to expedite things to kind of throw you off guard on purpose.
05:02Or so we hope or wished.
05:04Anyway, we're so excited to be here.
05:06A big thank you to everyone who helped put this together, such a giant team around the world.
05:10And we're excited to be on board and ready to take over the watch.
05:15Over to you, Mike.
05:17Well, first thing, it's just great to be back.
05:19There's such a sense of familiarity and homeness to the station.
05:23And I can't wait to get back to work.
05:25But just a big shout-out to all the folks who got us up here for NASA, our friends at SpaceX for ability.
05:30A great little spaceship and a little taste of the flexibility this morning that we'll be expecting over the next six months.
05:36I know that our flight's going to go by in a blink of an eye.
05:38And I'm really anxious to start.
05:40Thanks for the very warm welcome from Crew 7.
05:43I second everything that Matt and Mike have said.
05:48And I just want to thank my family as well for being patient with me.
05:52And I made it here.
05:55Well, once again, welcome to the National Space Station.
06:08This is an incredible place.
06:10You will have a great time up here, just like we did.
06:25We are doing so much exciting science at the moment.
06:29And we look forward to introducing you to all of it.
06:33So, once again, welcome, Crew 8.
06:40All right.
06:41Thanks, Station.
06:42For all of that, I can tell you on behalf of us that are left here on the planet, we are incredibly proud to be a part of this.
06:47And we're all smiling down here.
06:49All right, Station.
06:50We are now resuming operational communications.
06:55And there you have it.
07:09Crew 8 is officially onboard the International Space Station and welcomed by the Expedition 70 crew, bringing the current space station population to 11 for the next few days.
07:19Crew 8 began their journey to the orbiting laboratory following a liftoff at 9.53 p.m. Central, 10.53 p.m. Eastern on Sunday, March 3rd from Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida atop a Falcon 9 rocket.
07:34Following orbital insertion, the Dragon vehicle carrying Crew 8 completed a series of automatic maneuvers to guide the spacecraft to the forward-facing port of the station's Harmony Module.
07:44Dragon Endeavour and its four-person crew of NASA astronauts Matthew Dominic, Michael Barrett, and Jeanette Epps, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grubinkin docked to the International Space Station at 1.28 a.m. Central, 2.28 a.m. Eastern on Tuesday, March 5th, as the Space Station and Dragon were traveling over the North Atlantic just east of Newfoundland.
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