00:01Here on your screen, you can see on the left, that is the space station's robotic arm that NASA astronaut
00:06Matthew Dominick is going to be controlling.
00:08He'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.
00:28The astronauts do have the go from ground teams here on Earth to proceed with capture.
00:57NASA astronaut Michael Crosby is at the base of the crew in the entire staff of the engineers.
00:57Theاعon.
01:12The pilot Air.
01:13The pilot Power.
01:14The pilot.
01:15The pilot.
01:16The pilot.
01:16The pilot.
01:17The pilot.
01:21The pilot.
02:51In round two, we're in step 4.2 and we're waiting to capture for lighting conditions.
02:59Houston copies.
03:21The 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.
04:24At 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.
04:54Go for it.
05:19Go for it.
05:21Go 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.
06:18And we have confirmed movement.
06:20The crew is pushing in the robotic arm to Cygnus.
06:32We do have a camera at the end of that Lee or the latching end effector.
06:39You 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 that is directly below the
07:11horizontal bar.
07:26Two meters away.
07:28Two meters away.
07:46One meter.
07:47One meter.
07:48One meter.
08:12There's a question.
08:342.11 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 captured at the hands of NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick.
09:04The Cygnus cargo spacecraft, as you see on your screen, is now securely attached to the space station's robotic arm.
09:18Next up is going to be the installation of the Cygnus spacecraft. That is actually going to be done by
09:25the ground team here in Mission Control Houston.
09:31For now, NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick and Jeanette Epps are relieved from their duties, will go on to their tasks
09:39for the day.
09:40We are going to take a brief break on our coverage, and we will be back for that installation.
10:09We will be back.
10:18We will be back.
10:18We will be back.
10:18We will be back.
10:18We will be back.
10:18We will be back.
10:18We will be back.
10:19We will be back.
10:19We will be back.
10:23We will be back.
11:02We'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
11:12regular, 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.
11:23Houston copies all and concurs.
11:25This has been an incredible effort from both our Northrop Grom and NASA teams, and all
11:29the way from mission planning and preparation leading up to launch, and especially over
11:32the past 48 hours of mission execution, outstanding work today to you all, and congrats on successfully
11:37capturing the 21st Cygnus and 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.
11:52Thank you, guys.
12:20You heard wonderful congratulatory remarks.
12:27Northrop Grumman's Cygnus spacecraft, supporting the 21st, Northrop Grumman's 21st commercial
12:34resupply service mission to the International Space Station, has been successfully grappled
12:39at the hands of NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick, with NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps serving as
12:44his backup.
12:462.11 a.m. Central Time, 3.11 a.m. Eastern Time is our official time of capture.
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