SAFE AND SOUND: NASA, SpaceX Crew-5 astronaut mission arrives at ISS
The agency said that the Dragon Endurance spacecraft docked at the complex shortly after 5 p.m. ET.
After Dragon's link up to the Harmony module, the hatch opened at 6:49 p.m. ET, following standard leak checks and pressurization. NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina joined the Expedition 68 crew.
NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada, JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakata, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina arrived at the International Space Station Thursday Oct. 6. For a short time, the number of crew on the orbiting laboratory will increase to 11 people until Crew-4 departs.NASA astronaut Nicole Mann enters the space station less than two hours after docking the Dragon Endurance crew ship to the Harmony module’s forward port.
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