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.
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03:31The crew is standing by for better lighting conditions.
03:32We did just recently exit that orbital night time and are in to that orbital and are into
03:35that orbital daytime right now.
03:36This is a live view of Cygnus, and the robotic arm on the left.
03:40The robotic arm has not started to move yet.
03:41Again, the crew is waiting for better lighting conditions.
03:45Yeah.
04:15At the end of the robotic arm is the Lee, that's the latching end effector, the hand
04:30of the arm.
04:31There 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
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04:42We are ready with the lighting and we can complete step 4.2 on your go.
04:49Houston copies.
04:50Go for it.
04:54Sure.
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05:33NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps on board the space station confirmed that they are good
05:57to proceed with capture, however the robotic arm is not currently moving yet.
06:03You are seeing live views of that capture on your screen right now.
06:19And we have confirmed movement, the 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.
06:53The 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 that
07:09is directly below the horizontal bar.
07:16There's two meters away.
07:23One meter.
07:43One meter.
07:46There's a question.
08:162.11 a.m. Central Time, 3.11 a.m. Eastern Time.
08:40While the space station flew over the South Atlantic Ocean, Northrop Grumman's 21st commercial resupply service mission was successfully captured at the hands of NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick.
08:52The Cygnus cargo spacecraft, as you see on your screen, is now securely attached to the space station's robotic arm.
09:12Next up is going to be the installation of the Cygnus spacecraft.
09:23That is actually going to be done by the ground team here in Mission Control Houston.
09:28For now, NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick and Jeanette Epps are relieved from their duties.
09:38We'll 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.
10:46We'll go for Cygnus post-capture reconfiguration.
10:52You know, the space station brings a lot of visiting vehicles aboard, and we make it seem regular, but 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.
11:22Houston copies all and concurs.
11:24This has been an incredible effort from both our Northrop Grumman and NASA teams, and all the way from mission planning and preparation leading up to launch, and especially over the past 48 hours of mission execution.
11:33Outstanding work today to you all, and congrats on successfully capturing the 21st Cygnus and 50th visiting vehicle to the International Space Station.
11:40Why don't you all go celebrate with some ice cream?
11:42Did you say 50th?
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.
11:51Thank you, guys.
11:52Thank you, mate.
12:21You heard wonderful congratulatory remarks.
12:27Northrop Grumman's Cygnus spacecraft, supporting Northrop Grumman's 21st Commercial Resupply Service Mission to the International Space Station,
12:37has been successfully grappled at the hands of NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick, with NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps serving as his backup.
12:452 11 a.m. Central Time, 3 11 a.m. Eastern Time is our official time of capture.
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