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 next
01:52six months as they conduct important science and research.
02:11Space Station, this is Houston on Space to Ground 2.
02:23Are you ready for the event?
02:30All right, let's roll.
02:38All right, stand by.
02:39Stand by.
02:39Stand by.
02:41Stand by.
02:50Hey Andy, sorry about that.
02:52Can you give us a little count on the microphone?
02:54We weren't getting the audio down here.
02:56Okay, just another quick count.
03:24One, two, three, four, five, six, 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.
03:51Wouldn'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.
04:04Welcome to space, Matt, Jeannette, and Alex, and 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.
04:53Thank 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
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 after NASA,
05:28our friends at SpaceX for 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,
05:53and I made it here.
05:54Well, once again, welcome to the National Space Station.
05:59This is an incredible place.
06:05You will have a great time up here, just like we did.
06:08We are doing so much exciting science at the moment, and we look forward to introducing you to all of it.
06:15So, once again, welcome to the National Space Station.
06:17This is an incredible place.
06:18You will have a great time up here, just like we did.
06:21We are doing so much exciting science at the moment, and we look forward to introducing you to all of it.
06:26So, once again, welcome, Crew 8.
06:33All right, thanks, Station.
06:35For all of that, I can tell you on behalf of us that are left here on the planet,
06:40we are incredibly proud to be part of this, and we're all smiling down here.
06:47All right, Station, we are now resuming operational communications.
06:52And there you have it.
07:09Crew 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.
07:34Following orbital insertion, the Dragon vehicle carrying Crew 8 completed a series of automatic maneuvers
07:39to 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,
07:49and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grubinkin docked to the International Space Station at 1.28 a.m. Central, 2.28 a.m. Eastern,
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