00:08Dragon has 12 hooks, two sets of six hooks that will then engage for a hard capture.
00:17This docking mechanism ensures the interface is flush and allows the first set of six hooks
00:23followed by the second set of six hooks.
00:25This takes approximately 13 minutes.
00:53And there on your screen you see NASA astronaut Nick Hague in the red shirt and NASA astronaut
00:59Butch Willemore in the blue shirt towards the back of the screen.
01:04They are currently in the laboratory portion of the International Space Station as they
01:09continue to monitor the approach of the Dragon cargo spacecraft which is less than seven meters
01:16away from docking to the International Space Station this morning.
01:38We are at five meters and nominal at this point and we are approaching the crew handoff point
01:46in less than 30 seconds.
02:17And there you heard the call out for the crew handoff point.
02:21We are less than two meters away from being perfectly aligned and docking to the International Space Station.
02:38We are standing by currently for contact and capture.
02:46Station Houston Dragon contact and soft capture complete.
03:02And there you heard it contact and capture docking took place this morning at 8 52 a.m.
03:10Central Time 9 52 a.m. Eastern as the Space Station was flying over Southeast Russia.
03:16Station, paper at 7 Probation 2 dashed the
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