SpaceX F9 / Crew Dragon : Crew-2 - LAUNCH - RNDZ - DOCKING: Apr.23/25 - UPDATES

[RocketLover0119]

Ring has retracted.

Docking sequence holding for MCS reconfig.

Edit: MCS is configured for hook driving.

[RocketLover0119]

First set of hooks have driven, second set next.

Edit: Hard capture is complete! Crew has been given their go to open their visors.

[Rondaz]

Crew Dragon Docks to Station Day After Launch

Mark Garcia Posted on April 24, 2021

NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, along with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet arrived at the International Space Station Saturday, as the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour docked to the complex at 5:08 a.m. EDT while the spacecraft were flying 264 miles above the Indian Ocean.

Following Crew Dragon’s link up to the Harmony module, the astronauts aboard the Endeavour and the space station will begin conducting standard leak checks and pressurization between the spacecraft in preparation for hatch opening scheduled for 7:15 a.m.

Kimbrough, McArthur, Hoshide, and Pesquet will join the Expedition 65 crew of Shannon Walker, Michael Hopkins,  Victor Glover, and Mark Vande Hei of NASA, as well as Soichi Noguchi of JAXA and Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov. For a short time, the number of crew on the space station will increase to 11 people until Crew-1 astronauts Walker, Hopkins, Glover, and Noguchi return a few days later.

NASA Television and the agency’s website are continuing to provide live continuous coverage of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission.

Follow along and get more information about the mission at: http://www.nasa.gov/crew-2.  Learn more about station activities by following the space station blog, @space_station and @ISS_Research on Twitter as well as the ISS Facebook and ISS Instagram accounts.

https://blogs.nasa.gov/crew-2/2021/04/24/crew-dragon-docks-to-station-day-after-launch/

[FutureSpaceTourist]

Hard capture complete!

Edit to add:

https://twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1385886289615020036

And now Hard Capture complete.

[SMS]

Exact time was 09:07:55 GMT

[Jansen]

Docking sequence complete
All hooks closed
Power umbilicals mated

[RocketLover0119]

Crew is now doffing their suits. Time for a quick nap before hatch opening 

[FutureSpaceTourist]

https://twitter.com/astro_soichi/status/1385888323848183809

Welcome, our friends from beautiful planet! 朋有り遠方より来たる、亦た楽しからずや。有朋自遠方来、不亦楽乎　#ISS #Dragon #Endeavor #crew2

[ugordan]

[FutureSpaceTourist]

https://twitter.com/space_station/status/1385897724705312771

Two @SpaceX #CrewDragon vehicles are docked to the station for the first time. It's also the second visit for Crew-2 Endeavour. More... go.nasa.gov/2eD4XQS

[FutureSpaceTourist]

https://twitter.com/tgmetsfan98/status/1385901263393546240

Endeavour has docked to the International Space Station, again! Two Crew Dragon spacecraft are now docked to the ISS, and eleven crew members will live together for the next four days until Dragon Resilience returns to Earth.

Article by @MihirNeal:

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2021/04/endeavour-returns-station-crew-2/

[FutureSpaceTourist]

View inside Dragon of hatch opening preparations

Edit to add: view from ISS side

[FutureSpaceTourist]

GO for hatch opening

[FutureSpaceTourist]

Hatch was opened at 11:05 UTC. Dragon crew finishing some procedures in Dragon before ingressing the ISS

Crew 1 crew waiting to welcome Crew 2 crew!

[FutureSpaceTourist]

A little crowded ...

[RocketLover0119]

Welcome ceremony in progress. Steve Jurzyk (sorry if I butchered that last name) has spoken, Kathy is speaking now.

Edit: JAXA president speaking now.

Edit 2: ESA president speaking.

[OneSpeed]

Here is a comparison of the launch telemetry from the Crew-1 and Crew-2 missions.

1. The Crew-2 telemetry has reverted to the usual SpaceX altitude resolution of a single decimal point below 100km and none above.
2. The Crew-2 telemetry has reverted to the usual SpaceX update rate of 25 per second, and hence gives a much smoother acceleration plot.
3. Ignoring the spikes in the Crew-1 acceleration, the profiles are otherwise very similar.

[FutureSpaceTourist]

https://twitter.com/nasa/status/1385923550738100228

"Endeavour arriving!" Welcome to the @Space_Station, Crew-2!

Their arrival means there are now 11 humans aboard our orbiting laboratory, a number not seen since the space shuttle era. Hugs abound.

[RocketLover0119]

Welcome ceremony has concluded.

Let the science begin! 

Massive massive thanks to the entire NSF team for yesterday’s live stream, and a big thanks to FST, and Jansen as well as others who helped with updates! 

[Rondaz]

SpaceX Crew-2 Astronauts Join Station Crew

Mark Garcia Posted on April 24, 2021

NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, along with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet  aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon have arrived at the International Space Station.

Crew-2 joins Expedition 65 crew of crew of Shannon Walker, Michael Hopkins,  Victor Glover, and Mark Vande Hei of NASA, as well as Soichi Noguchi of JAXA and Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov.

The crew members first opened the hatch between the space station and the pressurized mating adapter at 7:05 a.m. EDT then opened the hatch to Crew Dragon.

NASA TV will continue to provide live coverage through the welcoming ceremony with leadership from NASA, ESA and JAXA to greet the crew on station. The welcome ceremony is targeted to begin about 7:45 a.m. with the following participants:

Steve Jurczyk, acting NASA administrator
Kathy Lueders, associate administrator, Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters
Hiroshi Yamakawa, president, JAXA
Josef Aschbacher, director general, ESA
Follow along and get more information about the mission at: http://www.nasa.gov/crew-2.  Learn more about station activities by following the space station blog, @space_station and @ISS_Research on Twitter as well as the ISS Facebook and ISS Instagram accounts.

https://blogs.nasa.gov/crew-2/2021/04/24/spacex-crew-2-astronauts-join-station-crew/