NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 Entered International Space Station After Docking

Name: NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 Entered International Space Station After Docking
Uploaded: 2025-06-28T19:03:17+00:00
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Description: Commander Matthew Dominick, pilot Michael Barratt, mission specialists Jeanette Epps and Aleksandr Grebenkin arrived at the International Space Station after docking.<br /><br />Credit: NASA

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Commander Matthew Dominick, pilot Michael Barratt, mission specialists Jeanette Epps and Aleksandr Grebenkin arrived at the International Space Station after docking.

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00:00Soft capture confirmed.

00:16And contact confirmed.

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 the

01:52their home for the next six months as they conduct important science and research.

02:09Space Station, this is Houston on Space to Ground 2. Are you ready for the event?

02:24alright, let's roll.

02:39Yeah, stand by, stand by.

02:40Sorry about that.

02:52Can you give us a little count on the microphone?

02:54We weren't getting the audio down here.

03:10One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.

03:35All 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 being, or for launching late,

03:57they 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.

04:11And welcome back to space to Mike.

04:15This is also for Crew 7, a slightly bittersweet moment, because with their arrival,

04:20it also starts the countdown to our own departure and return to Earth in about a week's time.

04:27But 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.

04:38And 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.

04:50Thank 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

05:00to 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.

05:11And we're excited to be on board and ready to take over the watch.

05:15Over to you, Mike.

05:15Well, 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,

05:28our friends at SpaceX for a building, a great little spaceship,

05:31and 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, and I'm really anxious to start.

05:40Thanks for the very warm welcome from Crew 7.

05:45I second everything that Matt and Mike have said,

05:49and I just want to thank my family as well for being patient with me, and I made it here.

05:54Well, once again, welcome to the National Space Station.

06:21This is an incredible place.

06:23You will have a great time up here, just like we did.

06:27We are doing so much exciting science at the moment, and we look forward to introducing you to all of it.

06:33So once again, welcome, Crew 8.

06:35All right, thanks, Station, for all of that.

06:43I can tell you on behalf of us that are left here on the planet,

06:45we are incredibly proud to be a part of this, and we're all smiling down here.

06:50All right, Station, we are now resuming operational communications.

06:53And there you have it.

07:10Crew 8 is officially on board the International Space Station and welcomed by the Expedition 70 crew,

07:15bringing 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

07:27on Sunday, March 3rd from Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida atop a Falcon 9 rocket.

07:35Following orbital insertion, the Dragon Vehicle Carrying Crew 8 completed a series of automatic maneuvers

07:40to 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,

07:50and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grubinkin docked to the International Space Station at 1.28 a.m. Central,

07:562.28 a.m. Eastern on Tuesday, March 5th,

07:59as the space station and Dragon were traveling over the North Atlantic just east of Newfoundland.

08:042.28 a.m. Eastern on Tuesday, March 5th,

NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 Entered International Space Station After Docking

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