Watch: Axiom-4 crew members enter International Space Station

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The Axiom 4 crew, including Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla and three others, have entered the International Space Station after a 28-hour-long journey from Earth.

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00:00All right, and there you see the Axiom 4 crew hugging each other after the

00:11successful doffing.

00:13Swabo Shuznanski-Vishnanski of ESA representing the nation of Poland.

00:16And their first visit to the International Space Station is next to cross the hatchway.

00:21And warm hugs all around.

00:24And applause breaking out here inside of Mission Control Houston and International Space Station

00:31Flight Control Room and Tibor Kapu, the fourth and final member of Axiom Mission 4, representing

00:36Hunor and the nation of Hungary.

00:38Their first visit to the International Space Station as well.

00:54Great big hugs and handshakes across all members of Expedition 73.

01:04And Axiom at Mission 4 is Ann McLean and Nicole Ayers of NASA along with Johnny Kim, Kirill Pezkov,

01:13Sergei Ryzykov, and Alexei Jabritsky of Roscosmos, and Takuya Onishi, commander of Expedition 73

01:18and of Ajaxa with handshakes and hugs for Peggy Whitson, Shubanchu Shukla, Swabo Shuznanski-Vishnanski,

01:25and Tibor Kapu.

01:30And with their arrival to the International Space Station, that now makes 288 visitors to

01:35the orbiting laboratory.

02:06And with this moment, we've had our first Indian at the International Space Station.

02:16Group Captain Shubhansha Shukla, they're seen standing along with Mission Commander Peggy Whitson,

02:22with Mission Specialist Uzunovsky as well as Tibor Kapoor.

02:26All of them seemingly having a sip of water, joking around.

02:29This is the welcome party that they planned for them at the ISS.

02:33Talking about two hours ago, it's been a long wait for them to get out and stretch their legs.

02:39They're now in the International Space Station.

02:41In all, with these four members of the AX4 mission also entering the ISS,

02:46the number of crew count at the International Space Station is currently at 11.

02:51There are already seven astronauts there.

02:53And now with the four of the AX4 crew, also part of the ISS troop, that breaks the count to 11.

03:01But you see there, Group Captain Shubhansha Shukla, I reckon they're all a bit tired from the journey,

03:07or seemingly so, considering they're all sitting back, having a chat and having a sip of water as well.

03:14The Dragon capsule for 28 hours, they've been more or less strapped in some parts.

03:19They did get a bit of freedom, but it's a very, very tiny capsule, so there's very little room to move around in.

03:25But now you see all of them out. Amazing to see that they're all excited, happy, beaming,

03:31and all smiles after such a long, rough journey.

03:35After this welcome party, where you have them getting to know the other crew at the ISS who are stationed there,

03:41they're going to be there for two weeks.

03:42This is home for Group Captain Shukla for the next 14 days, along with Peggy Whitson there, too, is right.

03:49You see all of them, their faces red. I don't know if it's relief, happiness, or just the conditions around them.

03:58But you can see all of them have a look of relief written all over their face.

04:03But now that they're out of the capsule, they're able to roam around freely.

04:06And this is their first sense, essentially, of zero-gravity conditions.

04:11And you can see that the fact that they're able to stretch their legs, move around a bit in the International Space Station.

04:17The docking, which took place at about 4 p.m. Indian Standard Time, happened in the Orbital Laboratory.

04:25And so from there, they've immediately stepped out.

04:28This is right after they've emerged from the point where the docking happened.

04:32So through the latch, they've made it through. All right, they've spotted the cameras there.

04:36So they're all waving to the cameras for the first time, saying hello to friends, to family, to a billion Indians watching this broadcast

04:44and wishing Shubhan Shukla all the very best for the experiments.

04:48Now that keep off...

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