00:01Here on your screen, you can see on the left, that is the space station's robotic arm that NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick is going to be controlling.
00:09He's going to push that into Cygnus and grapple onto it.
00:18NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps is assisting him, serving as his second set of eyes.
00:24You'll also hear her call down to the crew in mission control.
00:27The astronauts do have the go from ground teams here on Earth to proceed with capture.
00:57Epps will appear as if any dimensionally uniquely male will involve an arc nawet with capture.
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02:53We're in step 4.2 and we're waiting to capture for lighting condition.
03:00Houston copies.
03:00The crew is standing by for better lighting conditions.
03:25We did just recently exit that orbital nighttime and are into that orbital daytime right now.
03:34This is a live view of Cygnus and the robotic arm on the left.
03:39The robotic arm has not started to move yet.
03:42Again, the crew is waiting for better lighting conditions.
03:44Yeah.
03:45Yeah.
04:14At the end of the robotic arm is the Lee.
04:28That's the latching end effector, the hand of the arm.
04:30There are latches and snares that are going to grab onto the target.
04:36NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick is going to maneuver that arm so that it can grab onto the...
04:42Station on two.
04:43We're ready with the lighting and we can complete step 4.2 on your go.
04:49Houston copies.
04:50Go for it.
04:51Go for it.
04:55Go for it.
04:55Go for it.
05:21Go for it.
05:51NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps on board the space station confirmed that they are good to proceed with capture.
05:59However, the robotic arm is not currently moving yet.
06:04You are seeing live views of that capture on your screen right now.
06:10And we have confirmed movement.
06:21The crew is pushing in the robotic arm to Cygnus.
06:33We do have a camera at the end of that Lee or the latching end effector.
06:40You are seeing live views now as NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick pushes in the robotic arm to Cygnus.
06:52The circle towards the bottom is actually the grapple target.
06:57Dominick is going to be aiming for that horizontal bar just above it.
07:04The fixtures on the robotic arm are going to engage with that circular pinwheel shape
07:09that is directly below the horizontal bar.
07:26Two meters away.
07:27Two meters away.
07:28One meter.
07:29One meter.
07:30Two meters away.
07:31One meter.
07:32One meter.
07:33One meter.
07:34One meter.
07:46One meter.
07:47One meter.
07:48One meter.
07:49One meter.
07:50One meter.
07:51One meter.
07:52One meter.
07:53One meter.
07:54There's a question.
08:242.11 a.m. Central Time, 3.11 a.m. Eastern Time, while the space station flew over the South
08:43Atlantic Ocean, Northrop Grumman's 21st commercial resupply service mission was successfully
08:49captured at the hands of NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick.
08:54The Cygnus cargo spacecraft, as you see on your screen, is now securely attached to the
09:10space station's robotic arm.
09:19Next up is going to be the installation of the Cygnus spacecraft.
09:24That is actually going to be done by the ground team here in Mission Control Houston.
09:31For now, NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick and Jeanette Epps are relieved from their duties,
09:38will go on to their tasks for the day.
09:40We are going to take a brief break on our coverage, and we will be back for that installation.
10:36We'll go for Cygnus post capture reconfiguration.
11:06You know, the space station brings a lot of visiting vehicles aboard, and we make it seem regular,
11:12but there's nothing regular about making one space station connect to another.
11:15It's incredible every single time.
11:17Welcome aboard the space station, Dick Scopey.
11:19Houston copies all and concurs.
11:25This has been an incredible effort from both our Northrop Grom and NASA teams,
11:28and all the way from mission planning and preparation leading up to launch,
11:31and especially over the past 48 hours of mission execution.
11:34Outstanding work today to you all, and congrats on successfully capturing the 21st Cygnus
11:38and 50th visiting vehicle to the International Space Station.
11:41Why don't you all go celebrate with some ice cream?
11:46Did you say 50th?
11:47It's incredible.
11:48What an incredible group of teams from around the planet make this happen every single time.
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