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April 27, 2022
NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines, and Jessica Watkins, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti arrived at the International Space Station Wednesday, April 27, as the SpaceX Dragon Freedom docked to the complex at 7:37 p.m. EDT while the spacecraft were flying about 261 miles above the Pacific Ocean.
Image above: The SpaceX Dragon Freedom capsule is seen after docking to the International Space Station while the station was orbiting 261 statute miles above the Pacific Ocean. Image Credit: NASA TV.
Following Crew Dragon’s link up to the Harmony module, the astronauts aboard Dragon and the space station will begin conducting standard leak checks and pressurization between the spacecraft in preparation for hatch opening.
Lindgren, Hines, Watkins, and Cristoforetti will join the Expedition 67 crew of Raja Chari, Thomas Marshburn, and Kayla Barron, all of NASA, Matthias Maurer of ESA, and cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev, Sergey Korsakov, and Denis Matveev of Roscosmos. For a short time, the number of crew on the space station will increase to 11 people until NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 departs in early May.
SpaceX Crew-4 docking
NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website are providing ongoing live coverage through hatch opening. NASA also will cover the ceremony to welcome the crew aboard the orbital outpost about 2:40 a.m. Thursday, April 28.
Related articles:
Crew-4: NASA TV Coverage Continues, Dragon Ahead of Schedule for Docking
https://orbiterchspacenews.blogspot.com/2022/04/crew-4-nasa-tv-coverage-continues.html
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 Astronauts Launch to International Space Station
https://orbiterchspacenews.blogspot.com/2022/04/nasas-spacex-crew-4-astronauts-launch.html
Crew-4 Astronauts Head to Space Station to Conduct Microgravity Science
https://orbiterchspacenews.blogspot.com/2022/04/crew-4-astronauts-head-to-space-station.html
Related links:
NASA TV: https://www.nasa.gov/live
International Space Station (ISS): https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html
Image (mentioned), Video, Text, Credits: NASA/Heidi Lavelle/NASA TV/SciNews.
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