>> WELCOME TO MISSION CONTROL
HOUSTON WHERE WE ARE LIVE
AWAITING FOR THE CARGO
SPACECRAFT TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
JUST MOMENTS AGO, THE CARGO
DRAGON CONDUCTED ITS APPROACH
INITIATION BURN AND IN ABOUT AN
HOUR AND A HALF FROM NOW, IT
WILL DOCK TO THE SPACE STATION'S
HARMONY MODULE.
DOCKING IS SCHEDULED TO TAKE
PLACE AT 5:50A.M. EASTERN TIME,
4:50A.M. CENTRAL TIME.
WE ARE PROVIDING LIVE COVERAGE
OF DRAGON'S APPROACH AND
DOCKING.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
THIS IS MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON.
>> APPROACH COMPLETION COMPLETE.
DRAGON IS 30 MINUTES TO
1,000METERS.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE HEADS UP.
>> YOU ARE LOOKING AT LIVE VIEWS
OF THE DRAGON SPACECRAFT ON THE
WAY TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
IT LAUNCHED YESTERDAY MORNING,
MONDAY, JUNE5th FROM
LAUNCHPAD 39A AT NASA'S
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER IN FLORIDA
AT 11:37A.M. EASTERN TIME.
BY THE TIME IT DOCKS, IT WILL BE
A LITTLE OVER 18-HOUR JOURNEY TO
THE SPACE STATION.
DOCKING IS ON SCHEDULE AND
SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE AT
4:50A.M. CENTRAL TIME,
5:50A.M. EASTERN TIME.
>> THIS IS A LIVE VIEW OF DRAGON
CLOSING IN AT 6200 METERS FROM
THE SPACE STATION.
IT SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCTED ITS
APPROACH INITIATION BURN, THAT
IS GOING TO PUSH DRAGON ON
TRAJECTORY TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
IN ABOUT 20 MINUTES, THE DRAGON
SPACECRAFT WILL CONDUCT ANOTHER
BURN, THIS IS A MIDCOURSE BURN,
THAT IS GOING TO FINE-TUNE THE
PATH TO A POINT THAT IS 400
METERS BELOW THE SPACE STATION.
WHEN CRS-28 DOES DOCK TO THE
SPACE STATION, IT WILL BE
DOCKING TO THE ZENITH PORT ON
THE HARMONY MODULE.
ZENITH IS A CELESTIAL TERM.
IT MEANS THE HIGHEST POINT, OR
ONE THAT IS DIRECTLY OBSERVE THE
OBSERVER.
WE DON'T USE NORTH OR SOUTH
BECAUSE THERE IS NO UP OR DOWN
IN SPACE.
THE SPACE FACING PORT, CAN SEE
IT AS WELL AS OUTLINE OF
DRAGON'S TRAJECTORY.
WE JUST COMPLETED THAT APPROACH
INITIATION BURN, AND WE ARE ON
OUR WAY TO 400 METERS BELOW THE
SPACE STATION.
CRS STANDS FOR COMMERCIAL
RESUPPLY SERVICE.
THIS IS NASA'S 28th RESUPPLY
SERVICE MISSION FOR NASA.
CRS-27 DOCKED TO THE FORWARD
PORT, BUT WE ARE DOCKING TO THE
ZENITH PORT TODAY BECAUSE IT IS
CLOSE TO THE CANADARM2 WHICH IS
THE ROBOTIC ARM BUILT BY THE
CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY.
A KEY REASON WHY WE NEED TO
ACCESS TO THIS ROBOTIC ARM IS
BECAUSE OF A VERY IMPORTANT
PIECE OF HARDWARE BEING
DELIVERED TO THE SPACE STATION
AS PART OF MORE THAN THOUSAND
POUNDS OF CARGO BEING DELIVERED.
AND THIS IS THE THIRD SET OF
IROSA, IROSA STANDS FOR THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
ROLLOUT SOLAR ARRAY.
THESE ARE NEW ARRAYS THAT ARE
BEING INSTALLED ON THE SPACE
STATION.
THEY ARE ABOUT 60FEET LONG AND
20FEET WIDE, ALTHOUGH THEY ARE
SMALLER THAN THE OLD SPACE
STATION ARRAYS, THEY ARE MUCH
MORE EFFICIENT.
ONCE ALL OF THEM ARE INSTALLED,
WE ARE EXPECTING A 30% INCREASE
IN POWER PRODUCTION.
THIS SET BEING LAUNCHED AND
ARRIVING TODAY ON SPACEX CRS-28,
THAT HE IS GOING TO TAKE TWO
EVA'S OR SPACEWALKS TO INSTALL
THEM.
THOSE ARE COMING UP ON
JUNE9th AND JUNE15th
AND PROVIDING LIVE COVERAGE
DURING THIS SPACEWALK.
MOST RECENTLY THE ZENITH PORT
WAS VACATED BY THE AX-2 VEHICLE.
IT'S THE AXIOM 2 MISSION THE
PRIVATE MISSION TO THE SPACE
STATION BY AXIOM SPACE, THAT
CREW, WE WANT A SPACEX DRAGON
VEHICLE NAMED FREEDOM.
THEY SPLASHED DOWN ON
MAY30th.
PRIOR TO THAT THE ZENITH PORT
WAS OCCUPIED BY THE CREW-6
CAPSULE.
THAT IS ALSO S A SPACEX DRAGON
NAMED ENDEAVOR AND STILL DOCKED
TO THE SPACE STATION CURRENTLY
ON THE FORWARD PORT.
IN ANTICIPATION OF CRS-28, IT
WAS RELOCATED ON SATURDAY
MAY6th FROM ZENITH TO THE
FORWARD PORT.
AFTER CREW-6'S SPACECRAFT WAS
MOVED, IT FREED UP FOR AXIOM 2
TO IT, THEN UNDOCK, SPLASHDOWN,
NOW CRS-28 CONDUCTED TO THE
ZENITH PORT.
>> ON TWO, STEVE.
>> OK.
I GOT THE APP.
I DON'T REMEMBER THE LAST TIME I
OPENED IT UP THIS WAY.
>> THAT WAS NOT EXPECTED.
WE ARE CHECKING.
>> OK.
JUST GIVE ME OPTIONS TO CHECK.
IT ALREADY HAS THE DOMAIN
NETWORK'S CHECK AND THE PRIVATE
NETWORK.
I WONDER IF I SHOULD CHECK THEM
ALL.
YOU ARE LOOKING AT LIVE VIEWS OF
THE SPACEX CRS-28 CARGO
SPACECRAFT ON THE WAY TO THE
INTERNATIONAL PUSS STATION
CLOSING IN AT JUST UNDER 4,000
METERS FROM THE STATION.
WE ARE ABOUT 30 MINUTES AWAY
FROM THE DRAGON SPACECRAFT
REACHING THE FIRST MILESTONE
WHICH IS .0 BEFORE THAT THE
SPACECRAFT WILL CONDUCT A
MIDCOURSE BURN, THAT IS JUST
GOING TO FINE-TUNE THE PATH FOR
TO IT REACH WAVE .0.
WE WILL NOT PAUSE AT WAVE .0 AND
WILL THEN CONTINUE THEN TO--
>> SPACE TO GROUND TWO FOR
STEVE.
>> STEVE, IT WILL TAKE A LITTLE
WHILE TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION
FOR YOU.
YOU ARE A GO WITHOUT THE
SOFTWARE, I UNDERSTAND.
STEVE, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND TURN
OFF THE BOX.
>> OK.
>> THAT WAS THE VOICE OF STEVE
BOWEN SPEAKING TO THE CAPCOM
POSITION HERE IN MISSION CONTROL
HOUSTON.
CAPCOM OR CAPSULE COMMUNICATOR
IS THE VOICE LINK BETWEEN THE
CREW AND THE FLIGHT CONTROL
TEAM.
TODAY, WE HAVE ZAVALA.
TO HIS LEFT IS THE FLIGHT
DIRECTOR CHRIS DOBBINS.
HE IS PART OF THE 2022 FLIGHT
DIRECTORS.
HE IS NASA'S 102nd FLIGHT
DIRECTOR.
HE WAS INSPIRED TO PURSUE A
CAREER IN SPACEFLIGHT WHEN HE
WAS A CHILD AFTER LEARNING ABOUT
APOLLO 13 AND THE WORK THAT THE
FLIGHT ENGINEERS DID TO HELP TO
SAVE THE VIEW AND RETURN TO
EARTH.
YOU HEARD THE VOICE OF STEVE
BOWEN, BUT THROUGHOUT THE
DOCKING, YOU WILL HEAR A LOT OF
NASA ASTRONAUT WOODY HOBURG.
HE IS GOING TO BE PRIMED FOR
MONITORING THE ARRIVAL THE
DRAGON SPACECRAFT TO THE
STATION.
ALTHOUGH DRAGON IS FLYING
AUTONOMOUSLY,
COMMANDS ARE ABLE TO BE SENT
FROM THE TEAMS IN HAWTHORNE,
CALIFORNIA, AS WELL AS WOODY ON
THE STATION.
CRS-28 WILL STAY DOCKED TO THE
SPACE STATION FOR THREE WEEKS
AND DELIVER OVER 7,000POUNDS OF
SUPPLIES FOR THE EXPEDITION 69
CREW
THE EXPEDITION 69 CREWMEMBERS
ARE CURRENTLY LIVING AND WORKING
ABOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
DRAGON IS APPROACHING THE WEST
COAST OF AFRICA.
AND WE ARE LESS THAN EIGHT
MINUTES AWAY THE MIDCOURSE BURN,
THAT IS GOING TO BE OUR FINAL
BURN TO POSITION DRAGON AT THE
.0 MARKER.
WAY .0 IS JUST AT CUSP WHICH IS
CALL THE APPROACH ELLIPSOID AND
BECAUSE OF STATION'S SAFETY.
IT ON THE WAY TO WAY .1.
WAY .0 IS AT THE CUSP OF THE
KEEP-OUT SPHERE THIS IS ANOTHER
INVISIBLE LINE AROUND THE
STATION AND CLOSELY MONITORED BY
FLIGHT CONTROLLERS.
AS IT IS VERY CLOSE IT IS
200METERS IN RADIUS.
>> SPACE TO GROUND HOUSTON.
>> OK.
WE NEED IT CLOSED SO JUST
CALLING A FRIENDLY REMINDER TO
KNOCK THAT OUT AT THE EARLIER
CONVENIENCE.
>> OK.
OK.
THE CUPOLA IS ALSO CLOSED AND
THE LAB.
>> SURE.
>> OK, COPY.
CLOSED.
THANKS VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
CAPCOM SPEAKING WITH NASA
ASTRONAUT FRANK RUBIO.
AHEAD OF HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS
PREPARING FOR CRS-28th
ARRIVAL.
HE CONFIRMED THE LAB WINDOWS
AND THE WINDOWS ARE GOING TO BE
CLOSED RARE TO THE RENDEZVOUS
AND DOCKING.
IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US, YOU
ARE LOOKING AT LIVE VIEWS OF THE
CRS-28 CARGO SPACECRAFT ON THE
WAY TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
DRAGON IS LESS THAN 2,000METERS
FROM THE SPACE STATION.
THE NOSE CONE IS OPEN AND SWUNG
UP AS YOU CAN SEE.
AND THE NOISE CONE IS GOING TO
REMAIN POINTED AT THE STATION
THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE
TRAJECTORY.
COMING UP TEAMS ARE GOING TO
POLL FOR A GO NO GO TO PROCEED
THROUGH THE WAVE.0.
ABOUT ONE MINUTE OUT FROM THE
MIDCOURSE BURN.
>> I WOULD LIKE YOU TO KNOW THAT
THE STATION IS GOING ON NOW.
>> WE COPY ALL, THANKS VERY
MUCH.
MIDCOURSE BURN IS IN PROGRESS.
>> 20 SECONDS REMAINING IN THE
BURN.
AND WE JUST RECEIVED
CONFIRMATION THAT THAT BURN WAS
NOMINAL, NOMINAL MEANS NORMAL OR
PERFORMED AS EXPECTED.
DRAGON IS ON TRACK TO DOCK AT
APPROXIMATELY 5:50A.M. EASTERN
TIME.
4:50A.M. CENTRAL TIME.
THESE VARIOUS BURNS THAT DRAGON
IS PERFORMING ON ORBIT COME FROM
THE DRACO THRUSTERS.
THERE ARE 16 TOTAL DRACO
THRUSTERS ON DRAGON 12
SPECIFICALLY ARE AROUND THE
SERVICE SECTION ON THE LOWER
PORTION OF THE CAPSULE.
THEY ARE AUTOMATICALLY FIRING TO
MAINTAIN DRAGON NAVIGATING
CORRECTLY TO THE SPACE STATION.
TEAMS ARE CURRENTLY POLLING FOR
DRAGON CROSS THAT WAVE.0 AND
CONTINUE THE JOURNEY TO THE
SPACE STATION.
WAVE! 0 IS ABOUT 400 METERS
BELOW THE SPACE STATION.
THE TEAM IS ALSO WORKING TO GET
DRAGON ENABLED.
DRAGON USES A GPS GLOBAL
POSITIONING SYSTEM-- DRAGON
USES A GPS, GLOBAL POSITIONING
SYSTEM, AND RTS, WHICH IS A
RELATIVE GPS.
WITH GPS, THE SPACECRAFT
COMMUNICATES WITH THE GPS
SATELLITES TO KNOW WHERE IT IS
IN SPACE.
FOR THE RPFS, THE SPACECRAFT HAS
NAVIGATION SENSORS AND ANTENNA
THAT ARE TALKING DIRECTLY TO THE
SPACE STATION.
TOGETHER THESE TWO METHODS SAY
WHERE SPACE STATION AND DRAGON
ARE IN RELATION TO EACH OTHER
AND HELP INFORM THE FLIGHT
COMPUTER ON WHERE TO GO.
ONCE CLOSER TO STATION, THE
DRAGON.
>> I WILL TAKE OVER.
IT IS LOCATED ON THE VERY TOP,
ON THE VERY TOP OF DRAGON.
AND IT USES LIGHT DETECTION
RANGING.
THESE ARE LASER SENSORS THAT
PING OFF OF DIFFERENT REFLECTORS
ON THE SPACE STATION THAT GIVE
HIGH FIDELITY DATA AND THE RATE
OF CLOSURE AND WHERE IT NEEDS TO
LINE UP ON THE DOCKING TARGETS
TO HELP GUIDE THAT FINAL
APPROACH.
STATION HOUSTON ON SPACE TO
GROUND TWO.
DRAGON RANGE IS APPROXIMATELY
1,000 AND MONITOR FOR STEPS 1 TO
4 AND RETREAT MONITORING.
>> WE HAVE DRAGON IN FLIGHT AS
EXPECTED.
COPY DRAGON IN SIGHT.
ALTITUDE AS EXPECTED.
YOU JUST HEARD WOODY HOBURG
CONFIRMING THEY HAVE SITES IN
THE DRAGON SPACECRAFT.
AND THAT EVERYTHING IS
PROCEEDING NOMINALLY.
ONBOARD THE SPACE STATION NASA
ASTRONAUT IS GOING TO BE
MONITORING THE ARRIVAL OF THE
SPACEX CRS-28 SPACECRAFT.
HE HAS SERIES OF TOOLS AND
CAPABILITIES ONBOARD TO MONITOR
THE ARRIVAL AND YOU CAN SEND
COMMANDS IF NECESSARY.
DURING DRAGON APPROACH THE
ATTITUDE OF THE STATION IS VERY
IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
SPACECRAFT CAN PROPERLY LINE UP
AND DOCK TO THE STATION.
TEAMS ARE USING LARGE GYROSCOPES
TO HELP MAINTAIN THE CONTROL OR
ALTITUDE OF THE STATION OR WHICH
WAY IT IS POINTING.
IT WILL CONTINUE TO STAY IN THIS
POSITION AS THE SPACECRAFT
SWINGS OUT IN FRONT AND UP AND
AROUND, SO IT MEETS THE DOCKING
ACCESS FOR THE ZENITH PORT ON
THE HARMONY MODULE.
ON THE DRAGON EYE WITH THAT
SYSTEM, THOSE LASERS BACK AND
FORTH ARE GOING TO GIVE THE
SPACECRAFT VERY VALUABLE
REAL-TIME DATA ON THE LOCATION
AS IT APPROACHES.
WE JUST ENTERED AN EXPECTED--
-- WE JUST ENTERED AN EXPECTED
LOSS OF SIGNAL.
AS THE SPACE STATION FLIES
AROUND THE EARTH, THOSE
COMMUNICATIONS NEED TO TRANSFER
TO EACH SATELLITE.
TEAMS HERE IN MISSION CONTROL
TAKING A BRIEF BREAK WHILE WE
HAVE THE LOSS OF SIGNAL.
WE ARE EXPECTED TO GET THAT
SIGNAL BACK IN JUST A FEW
MINUTES.
SPACEX'S DRAGON 28 RESUPPLY
SERVICE MISSION IS BRINGING OVER
THOUSANDS OF POUNDS OF CARGO TO
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
THIS INCLUDES PORT EXPERIMENTS
HARDWARE AND SUPPLIES TO THE
CREW LIVING AND WORKING IN SPACE
RIGHT NOW.
JUST A FEW OF THESE EXPERIMENTS,
ONE IS CALLED WHAT HAPPENS ABOVE
THUNDERSTORMS?
THIS IS AN INVESTIGATION FROM
THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY IT IS
THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE SPACE
STATION.
THE UNIQUE VANTAGE POINT OF THE
SPACE STATION ALLOWS RESEARCHERS
TO SEE THE ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY
FROM ABOVE PARTICULARLY ABOVE
THE INCEPTION AND FREQUENCY AND
ALTITUDE OF DISCOVERED BLUE
DISCHARGES.
SCIENCES PLAN TO ESTIMATE THE
ENERGY OF THE PHENOMENON TO
DETERMINE THEIR EFFECT ON THE
ATMOSPHERE THE BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF LIGHTNING AND
ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY IN EARTH'S
ATMOSPHERE COULD IMPROVE MODELS
THEN PROVIDE A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF EARTH, AND
WEATHER.
ANOTHER EXPERIMENT OF NOTE IS
HELPING PLANTS CHILL IN SPACE.
PLANTS EXPOSED TO STRESS
INCLUDING SPACEFLIGHT THAT
UNDERGO CHANGES TO ADAPT, BUT
THOSE CHANGES MAY NOT BE NEEDED
TO PASS ON TO THE NEXT
GENERATION OF PLANTS.
THE PLANTS HAVE THREE
EXPERIMENTS AND WEATHER PLANTS
GROWN IN SPACE CAN TRANSFER TO
THE NEXT GENERATION OF PLANTS
AND IF SO, WHETHER A CHANGE
CONTINUES THROUGH SUBSEQUENT
GENERATION OR STABILIZES THIS
INVESTIGATION CREATES A SECOND
GENERATION OF GENERATION PLANTS
USING PREVIOUSLY PRODUCED IN
SPACE THEN RETURNED TO EARTH.
REBUILD PROVIDES HOW TO GROW
MULTIPLE GENERATIONS OF PLANTS
TO PROVIDE FOOD AND OTHER
SERVICE ON FUTURE SPACE STATION
MISSIONS.
THIS INVESTIGATION ALSO COULD
SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF
STRATEGIES THEN OTHER ECONOMIC
IMPORTANT PLANS TO MARGINAL AND
RECLAIMED HABITATS BACK HERE ON
EARTH.
DRAGON SPACECRAFT IS CLOSING IN
ON 400 METERS BELOW SPACE
STATION, THAT IS GOING TO BE THE
WAVE .0.
AND WE JUST RECEIVED
CONFIRMATION THE DRAGON LINK IS
SUCCESSFUL.
THE PRIMARY METHOD OF DRAGON
NAVIGATING TO THE SPACE STATION.
THIS IS PRECISE LIGHTER BASED
SYSTEM.
THESE ARE LASERS THAT ARE GOING
TO BE PINGING OFF OF THE
DIFFERENT REFLECTORS ON THE
SPACE STATION.
IT IS GOING TO BE GIVEN THE
SPACECRAFT HIGH FIDELITY DATA ON
THE RATE OF CLOSURE.
ONCE WE GET TO THAT DOCKING
ACCESS IT WILL HELP IT TO
FINE-TUNE AND LINE UP AND GUIDE
THAT FINAL APPROACH.
90 SECONDS FROM WAVE .0.
20 SECONDS WAVE .0.
DRAGON IS PASSING THROUGH
WAVE.0.
THE SPACECRAFT IS NOW LESS THAN
400 METERS FROM THE SPACE
STATION.
NEXT UP IS GOING TO BE WAVE.
THIS IS GOING TO BRING THE
SPACECRAFT OUT IN FRONT OF SPACE
STATION AND UP AND ABOVE SO IT
CAN REACH THE DOCKING ACCESS,
YOU ARE GOING TO THE ZENITH PORT
ON THE HARMONY MODULE.
YOU CAN SEE IT.
CAPOM ZAVALA SPEAKING TO NASA
ASTRONAUT WOODY HOBURG.
WOODY HAS BEEN RADIOING
PERFORMANCE CALLS DOWN HERE TO
THE TEAM.
CONFIRMING THAT EVERYTHING IS
LOOKING AS EXPECTED AS THE
DRAGON SPACECRAFT HEADS TO THAT
WAVE .1.
DRAGON'S SPACECRAFT IS GOING TO
REACH THAT DOCKING ACCESS IN
ABOUT 30 MINUTES FROM NOW.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO PAUSE AT
WAVE .1 HOWEVER WE ARE GOING TO
MAKE A ONE MINUTE PAUSE AT
WAVE.2.
THAT IS JUST 20METERS AWAY FROM
THE SPACE STATION, SO TEAMS WANT
THAT DRAGON IS PROPERLY LINED UP
THAT THE STATION IS READY TO
RECEIVE THE SPACECRAFT.
IN JUST ABOUT 45 MINUTES FROM
NOW.
CRS-28 IS EXPECTED TO MAKE
CONTACT FOR THAT INITIAL CAPTURE
AND DOCKING TWO HANDS GRASPING
EACH OTHER IS GOING TO PULL IT
IN CLOSE OR HOOKS ON DRAGON TO
LATCH ON THE STATION AND DO WHAT
IS CALLED A HARD MATE.
ONCE THE HOOKS ENGAGE, IT IS
GOING TO CREATE A VACUUM TIGHT
SEAL THAT THE CREW CAN LATER
PRESSURIZE THEN OPEN HATCHES TO
REMOVE THE CARGO.
BEFORE DRAGON IS CONSIDERED
FULLY DOCKED, UMBILICALS FROM
DRAGON WILL ALSO CONNECT FROM
THE SPACE STATION.
THOSE UMBILICALS WILL ENABLE THE
SPACECRAFT TO CONNECT TO THE
SPACE STATION'S POWER AND DATA
SYSTEM AND THEN ENTER WHAT IS
CALLED A QIESSENCE MODE.
HERE IN MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON,
TEAMS ARE WORKING ALONGSIDE
HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA, THIS ER
WORKING THROUGH GO NO GO POLLS
AS DRAGON MAKES THE WAY THROUGH
A SERIES OF IMPORTANT MILESTONES
BEFORE IT DOCKS TO THE SPACE
STATION.
CHRIS IS LEADING THE FLIGHT
CONTROL TEAM HERE IN MISSION
CONTROL HOUSTON RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE REAL-TIME CREW SAFETY AND
MISSION SUCCESSES FROM NASA
SIDE.
AS APOLLO ERA, THE FLIGHT
DIRECTOR HAS DECISION AUTHORITY
AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE
MISSION.
THE VOICE OF THE CAPCOM
POSITION, THAT IS ZAVALA.
CAPCOM STANDS FOR THE CAPSULE
COMMUNICATOR, THEY ARE BETWEEN
THE CREW AND THE FLIGHT CONTROL
TEAM.
WE ARE HEADING INTO ORBITAL
SUNSET, BUT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO
SEE DRAGON IN THE DARK.
THOSE FLASHES ON EITHER SIDE ARE
THE THRUSTERS IN ACTION
PERFORMING THOSE MANEUVERS TO
KEEP DRAGON ON THAT TRAJECTORY
TO REACH THE DOCKING ACCESS AND
DOCK THE SPACE STATION.
CURRENTLY IT IS HEADED TO WAVE.1
WHICH IS GOING TO POSITION IT
220METERS AWAY FROM THE SPACE
STATION.
THE NOSE CONE IS OPEN.
YOU CAN SEE THE NAVIGATION LIGHT
BLINKING.
ONCE YOU REACH THE ORBITAL
NIGHTTIME, YOU WILL SEE A GREEN
AND A RED LIGHT ON EITHER SIDE
OF THE SPACECRAFT.
THE RED AND GREEN LIGHT MIMICS
THE NAUTICAL LIGHTS THE STAR
BOARD OR RIGHT SIDE IS IN THE
PORT SIDE ON THE LEFT IS RED.
TEAMS ARE PULLING FOR THE GO-NO
GO TO PASS THROUGH
HOWEVER ONCE WE GET TO .2, WE DO
HAVE A ONE-MINUTE PAUSE THAT IS
PLANNED.
THAT PAUSE WILL ENSURE THE FINAL
ALIGNMENT TO THE DOCKING PORT.
WE ARE ONLY 20 MINUTES AWAY AT
THAT POINT.
DRAGON IS CURRENTLY USING THE
DRAGON SYSTEMS TO NAVIGATE TO
WAVE .1.
THIS IS A SYSTEM THAT USES
LASERS TO BOUNCE OFF DIFFERENT
REFLECTORS ON THE SPACE STATION
TO GIVE IMMEDIATE REAL-TIME DATA
TO THE FLIGHT COMPUTER.
THE NOSE CONE IS OPEN AND GOING
TO REMAIN IN THE ORIENTATION
WITH THE NOSE CONE SPACE
STATION, ALL THE WAY UP.
AND BRING IT ALL THE WAY UP TO
WAVE .1.
THE COLORED DOTS YOU SEE ON THE
SCREEN RIGHT NOW ARE DEAD
PIXELS.
THIS VIDEO IS COMING DOWN FROM
THE CAMERA ON SPACE STATION.
THOSE CAMERAS ARE EXPOSED TO THE
RADIATION ENVIRONMENT OF SPACE.
BECAUSE OF THAT, THOSE PIXELS
CAN DEGRADE AND DIE IN SPACE, IT
IS MUCH MORE OBVIOUS AT NIGHT.
WE CAN SEE NOW VERY NICELY THOSE
RED AND GREEN NAVIGATION LIGHT
ON THE PORT AND STARBOARD SIDE.
PORT IS RED AND THE GREEN IS THE
STAR BOARD.
DRAGON IS LARGELY FLYING THE
RIGHT NOW, BUT NASA'S ASTRONAUT
WOODY HOBURG IS ON THE STATION
ASSISTING TEAMS HERE IN MISSION
CONTROL HOUSTON.
THEY LAUNCHED ON MARCH SECOND,
2023.
ALSO MONITORED THE DOCKING AND
DOCKING OF THE PREVIOUS SPACEX
CARGO RESUPPLY MISSION CRS-28.
THIS IS THE FIRST TRIP TO SPACE.
IN A LITTLE OVER 30 MINUTES, NOW
AT 5:50A.M. CENTRAL TIME,
4:50A.M. CENTRAL TIME, CRS-28
IS GOING TO DOCK TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
IT WILL STAY DOCKED FOR
APPROXIMATELY THREE WEEKS.
ITS CURRENT UNDOCK DATE IS
SCHEDULED FOR JUNE20th
LATER THIS MONTH.
IT IS SCHEDULED FOR
JUNE27th LATER THIS MONTH.
THE CARGO DRAGON SPACECRAFT WILL
BE DOCKING-- COPY.
NASA ASTRONAUT WOODY HOBURG
CONFIRMING TO TEAMS HERE IN
MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON,
EVERYTHING IS LOOKING GOOD FROM
HIS END BEHIND THE SCENES, TEAM
IS CONSULTING WITH THE VOB
POSITION AND THIS IS THE
VISITING VEHICLE OFFICER.
THEY PROVIDE VISITING RENDEZVOUS
EXPERTISE AND INTEGRATION WITH
MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON.
NASA ASTRONAUT WOODY HOBURG IS
PART OF EXPEDITION 69.
THESE ARE THE CREWMEMBERS
CURRENTLY LIVING AND WORKING
ABOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
THEY INCLUDE NASA ASTRONAUT
FRANK RUBIO, ROSCOSMOS DMITRI
PETELIN AND SULTAN AL NEYADI AND
WOODY HOBURG AND STEVE BOWEN AND
ROSCOSMOS COSMONAUTS ANDREY
FEDYAEV AND SERGEY PROKOPYEV.
WE ARE ABOUT 15 MINUTES AWAY
FROM THE DRAGON SPACECRAFT
REACHING THAT WAVE.1.
SO FAR ON THE RENDEZVOUS
JOURNEY, DRAGON SUCCESSFULLY
CONDUCTED APPROACH INITIATION
BURN FOLLOWED BY MIDCOURSE BURN,
TOGETHER THOSE POSITIONS AT WAVE
.0 WHICH IS METERS DIRECTLY
BELOW THE SPACE STATION.
WE ARE GOING TO THE ZENITH PORT
OF, TODAY, DRAGON IS REACHING
WAVE .1 AT ABOUT 220METERS AWAY
FROM THE SPACE STATION.
IT WILL THEN BE ALIGNED ON THAT
DOCKING ACCESS AND MAKE ITS WAY
DOWN TO .2 WHERE WE WILL PAUSE
FOR ONE MINUTE BEFORE IT MAKES
THAT FINAL APPROACH AND CAPTURE.
THE RING MECHANISM IS ON THE TOP
OF DRAGON.
AND IT WILL MAKE THE INITIAL
CONTACT WITH STATION AND THEN
DRAW IT CLOSER TO THAT
DOCKING ADAPTER.
TO MAKE THAT HARD MATE WITH THE
SPACE STATION, THERE IS A TOTAL
OF 12 HOOKS THAT WILL LATCH INTO
THE DOCKING ADAPTER.
THEY WILL CREATE THE FIELD
ENVIRONMENT BETWEEN DRAGON AND
STATION.
WE CALL THAT THE VESTIBULE.
DRAGON WILL ALSO DEPLOY
UMBILICALS TO CONNECT IT TO THE
POWER AND DATA OF THE SPACE
STATION.
POWER AND DATA OF THE SPACE
STATION.
THE CREW ONBOARD WILL PRESSURIZE
THAT AND AREA MAKE IT 14.7 PSI.
THEY WILL CONDUCT LEAK CHECKS
THEN BE ABLE TO START BRINGING
THE CARGO IN LATER TODAY.
IN ADDITION TO EXPERIMENTS,
GOOD, SUPPLIES FOR THE CREW,
HARDWARE IS ALSO BEING LAUNCHED
AS PART OF THE MORE THAN
THOUSAND POUNDS BEING DELIVERED
TODAY ABOARD CRS-28.
A VERY IMPORTANT PART SET OF
HARDWARES THE IROSA.
THESE ARE TWO PANELS THAT WILL
PROVIDE SOLAR POWER TO THE
STATION.
THIS IS THE THIRD SET OF IROSA
BEING DELIVERED TO THE STATION.
HOUSTON AND STATION ARE GO FOR
DRAGON TO APPROACH THE
20METERS.
STATION COPY.
IT IS A GO FOR APPROACH.
CAPCOM CONFIRMED ASTRONAUT WOODY
HOBURG ABOARD THE STATION THAT
TEAMS HAVE PULLED A GO.
DRAGON WILL PASS THROUGH WAVE .1
WITHOUT A PAUSE AND IT WILL
APPROACH WAVE.2 AND PAUSES THERE
FOR AT LEAST ONE MINUTE.
AS MENTIONED ON THE THIRD SET OF
IROSA, IT IS GOING TO TAKE TWO
SPACE WALKS TO INSTALL THOSE.
THOSE SPACE WALKS ARE COMING UP
ON JUNE9th AND
JUNE15th.
ONCE ALL FOUR SETS ARE INSTALLED
ON THE SPACE STATION, WE ARE
EXPECTING A 36% INCREASE IN
POWER PRODUCTION OVER THE
STATION'S CURRENT ARRAYS.
THE PRIME REASON WE ARE GOING TO
THE ZENITH PORT TODAY BECAUSE
IT'S CLOSE TO THE CANARDARM2
IT'S THE ROBOTIC ARM THAT WILL
ASSIST IN GETTING THOSE SOLAR
ARRAYS INSTALLED.
WE ARE CURRENTLY IN ORBITAL
NIGHTTIME BUT YOU CAN SEE DRAGON
NAVIGATION LIGHTS FLASHING ON
THE SCREEN, THESE ARE LIVE VIEWS
COMING DOWN FROM A CAMERAL FOR
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
WE ARE 20 MINUTES AWAY FROM THE
INITIAL CONTACT OR CAPTURE OF
THE DRAGON SPACECRAFT, DOCKING
IS ON SCHEDULE FOR 5:50A.M.
EASTERN TIME, 4:50A.M. CENTRAL
TIME.
WE ARE MINUTES AWAY FROM DRAGON
REACHING THAT WAVE .1 WHICH IS
ABOUT 220METERS AWAY FROM THE
SPACE STATION AND THAT IS GOING
TO POSITION IT ON THE DOCKING
ACCESS TO MOVE INTO THAT ZENITH
PORT.
THE ZENITH PORT IS THE SPACE
FACING PORT.
LESS THAN 20-MINUTES A WAY FROM
SPACEX'S 28th CONTRACTED
COMMERCIAL RESUPPLY SERVICE
MISSION FOR NASA TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
THE DRAGON SPACECRAFT LAUNCHED
ON MONDAY, JUNE5th AT
11:47A.M. EASTERN TIME ABOARD A
SPACEX FALCON 9 ROCKET FROM
NASES' KENNEDY SPACE CENTER IN
FLORIDA.
NASA'S COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRAM
HAS ENABLED SUCCESSFUL
PARTNERSHIPS WITH AMERICAN
COMPANIES TO RESUPPLY THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
THROUGH THE STRATEGY, NASA IS
ACHIEVING THE GOAL OF SAFE
RELIABLE AND COST EFFECTIVE
ACCESS TO AND FROM THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND
LOWER EARTH ORBIT AND HELPING TO
BUILD A STRONG AMERICAN
COMMERCIAL SPACE INDUSTRY.
DRAGON IS GETTING READY AND
TEAMS ARE POLLING FOR A GO-NO
FOR THE FINAL DOCKING.
CARGO DRAGON IS EXPECTED TO DOCK
FOR THREE WEEKS AND RETURN TO
EARTH ON JUNE27th.
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST FLIGHT, IT
IS ACTUALLY THE FOURTH FLIGHT OF
THE DRAGON CAPSULE AND
PREVIOUSLY FLOWN ON CRS-21-23
AND 25.
AFTER EACH FLIGHT, THE SPACEX
DRAGON CAPSULES UNDER GO
REFURBISHMENT.
SIMILARLY, THE LAUNCH VEHICLE,
THE FALCON 9 ROCKET THAT
LAUNCHED CRS-28 INTO ORBIT IT
WAS THE FIFTH FLIGHT OF THAT
BOOSTER.
YOU ARE NOW SEEING LIVE VIEWS
FROM A CAMERA IN THE NOSE CONE
OF DRAGON.
THIS IS AN OVERLAY OF NASAS
ASTRONAUT WOODY HOBURG ALSO SEES
ON HIS LAPTOP AND THE CENTER
LINE VIDEO FREE DRAGON AND
IMPORTANT ITEMS TO PAY ATTENTION
TO HERE AT THE TOP LEFT YOU WILL
SEE THE RANGE AND THE RANGE
RATE.
THESE NUMBERS ARE SHOWING HOW
FAR DRAGON IS AWAY FROM THE
STATION AND HOW QUICKLY IT IS
APPROACHING.
WHEN WE-- DRAGON WILL
PREVIOUSLY PAUSE TO ALIGN FOR
DOCKING THEN AUTOMATICALLY
RESUME APPROACH.
STATION, COPY.
CAPCOM ZAVALA SPEAKING ABOARD
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
TEAMS HERE IN MISSION CONTROL
HOUSTON AND SPACEX TEAMS IN
HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA, SAY ALL
THINGS ARE GO FOR DRAGON TO
APPROACH WAVE .2 THE VEHICLE
WILL PAUSE THEREFORE JUST ABOUT
A MINUTE TO MAKE SURE THE FINAL
ALIGNMENT IS ON TRACK FOR THE
DOCKING.
IT IS NOW CROSSING TO THE
KEEP-OUT SPHERE UNTIL IT IS 20
METERS AWAY FROM THE SPACE
STATION.
THE KEEP-OUT SPHERE IS INVISIBLE
LINE AROUND THE STATION AND
MONITORED VERY CLOSELY BY FLIGHT
CONTROLLERS BECAUSE IT IS SO
CLOSE TO THE STATION.
IT IS ABOUT 1200 METERS IN
RADIUS.
IT ALLOWS FOR FOUR ORBITS IF
THE VEHICLE WERE TO LOSE CONTROL
AND IT IS A VERY UNLIKELY.
THIS KEEP-OUT SPHERE GIVES CREW
ON ORBIT BECAUSE IT IS CLOSE TO
THE STATION.
THE ZENITH PORT--
>> COPY.
VEHICLE ATTITUDE AS EXPECTED.
CONFIRMATION FROM NASA ASTRONAUT
WOODY HOBURG ON THE STATION,
THAT THE ATTITUDE OF THE SPACE
SPACECRAFT IS PERFORMING AS
EXPECTED.
THE ATTITUDE IS WHICH WAY IT IS
POINTING.
WE ARE LESS THAN TEN MINUTES
AWAY FOR THE INITIAL CONTACT AND
CAPTURE.
JUST ABOUT FIVE MINUTES OUT FROM
THE TEAMS CALLING GO NO GO FOR
THE FINAL DRAGON DOCKING.
WE ARE GOING TO PAUSE FOR ABOUT
A MINUTE AT WAVE .2, AFTER THAT,
DRAGON WILL CLOSE IN ON THE
RANGE FOR THE CONTACT AND
CAPTURE AT ABOUT FIVE MINUTES
FROM THE STATION, WE WILL HEAR
OF CALL-OUTS AND THIS STANDS OR
THE CREW HANDS OFF POINT.
ISS IS READY FOR DOCKING.
WE COPY.
CREW IS READY FOR DOCKING.
WOODY HOBURG HAS CONFIRMED THAT
THE STATION IS PREPARED TO
RECEIVE DRAGON.
WE ARE STILL WAITING ON MISSION
CONTROL TEAMS HERE BACK ON EARTH
TO ALSO PULL GO FOR THE DOCKING.
WE ARE CURRENTLY IN AN EXTENDED
LOSS OF SIGNAL, AND WE ARE GOING
TO REMAIN THAT WAY THROUGH THE
INITIAL DOCKING.
WE WILL STILL HAVE AUDIO.
WE WILL JUST NOT HAVE VIDEO
VIEWS.
AGAIN, THE LOSS OF SIGNAL IS
EXPECTED AS THE SPACE STATION
FLIES AROUND THE EARTH.
THOSE COMMUNICATIONS NEED TO
TRANSFER TO DIFFERENT
SATELLITES.
HOWEVER WE MAY REGAIN THOSE
VIDEO VIEWS RIGHT AT THE END OF
DOCKING.
DRAGON IS JUST 00METERS AWAY
FROM THE SPACE STATION.
APPROACHING THAT WAVE .2 WHICH
IS ABOUT 20-METERS FROM THE
SPACE STATION.
VEHICLE WILL PAUSE FOR ONE
MINUTE.
IT IS CURRENTLY TRAVELING
AT.3METERS PER SECOND.
JUST A FEW MINUTES A WAY FROM
THE CARGO SPACECRAFT MAKING
INITIAL CONTACT WITH THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
THE CAPTURE RING WILL INTERACT
AND WILL BRING DRAGON IN FOR THE
12 HOOKS TO ENGAGE NO A HARD
MATE WITH SPACE STATION.
THOSE HOOKS WILL CREATE THAT
TIGHT SEAL WELL THE SPACE
STATION, THEN UMBILICALS WILL
CONNECT WITH THE SPACE STATION.
THAT WITH WILL ENABLE DRAGON TO
ENTER THE MODE WHERE IT CAN
UTILIZE THE POWER AND DATA
SYSTEMS OF THE SPACE STATION.
6:00 THE CABIN OF THE DRAGON
SPACECRAFT AS WELL AS THAT
VESTIBULE AREA WILL BE
PRESSURIZED AND SYNCED WITH THE
SPACE STATION ATMOSPHERE.
POTENTIALLY, IT WILL BECOME LIKE
ANOTHER MODULE WHEN THEY ARE ON
THE SPACE STATION.
30 SECONDS FROM WAVE .2.
WAVE .2 IS THE FINAL MILESTONE
FOR DRAGON TO MAKE CONTACT WITH
THE SPACE STATION.
DOCKING IS GOING TO OCCUR A FEW
MINUTES PEE WHEN THE TIMELINE
BUT NO ISSUES WITH DRAGON'S
APPROACH.
DRAGON HAS ARRIVED AT WAVE .2.
WE ARE GOING TO PAUSE HERE FOR
ABOUT A MINUTE TO ENSURE THE
FINAL ALIGNMENT TO ENSURE THE
FINAL ALIGN AM IS ON TRACK FOR
DRAGON TO MAKE THAT FINAL
APPROACH.
STATION TO HOUSTON, DRAGON IS ON
ONLY APPROACH AND IS A GO FOR
DOCKING.
MONITOR.
DRAGON AND RETREAT MONITORING.
STATION, COPY.
APPROACH IS 18.5 AND DECREASING
RANGE RATE LOOKS GOOD.
>> HOUSTON, COPY.
DRAGON IS APPROACHING THE
STATION.
ABOUT 16-METERS AWAY.
AGAIN WE ARE IN EXPECTED LOSS OF
SIGNAL FOR THE VIDEO VIEWS AND
WE ARE EXPECTED TO GET THOSE
BACK.
COPY.
ATTITUDE AS EXPECTED.
DRAGON IS APPROACHING TEN METERS
AWAY FROM THE SPACE STATION.
APPROACH IS NOMINAL.
RANGE RATE IS .08METERS PER
SECOND.
FIVE METERS AWAY.
FOUR METERS.
THREE METERS.
>> COPY.
CREW, HANDS OFF.
DRAGON CONTACT AND SOFT CAPTURE
COMPLETE.
STATION COPY.
THIS CONCURS.
>> CAP CAPTURE IS COME MEET AT
5:54A.M. EASTERN TIME.
4:00A.M. CENTRAL TIME.
OFF THE COAST OF BRAZIL.
TRACTION IN PROGRESS.
STATION, COPY.
THAT CAPTURE RING IS NOW
INTERACTING WITH THE
INTERNATIONAL DOCKING ADAPTER
DRAWING DRAGON CLOSE IN FOR
THOSE HOOKS TO ENGAGE AND INTO A
HARD MATE WITH THE SPACE
STATION.
AGAIN WE ARE EXPECTED LOSS OF
SIGNAL FOR OUR VIDEO VIEWS AS
THE SPACE STATION PASSES AROUND
THE EARTH, THOSE FEEDS ARE
TRANSFERRED BETWEEN SATELLITES.
WE ARE EXPECTED TO REGAIN THOSE
VIDEO VIEWS RIGHT TOWARD THE END
OF OUR FULL DOCKING COMPLETION.
JUST IN CASE YOU MISSED IT,
SPACEX'S CRS-28 CARGO RESUPPLY
SPACECRAFT SUCCESSFULLY DOCKED
TO THE ZENITH PORT OF THE
HARMONY MODULE ON THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AT
5:54A.M. ANY TIME, 4:50A.M.
CENTRAL TIME WILE THE SPACE
STATION WAS FLYING OFF THE COAST
OF BRAZIL.
THE CAPTURE RING IS CURRENTLY
DRAWING DRAGON INTO THE
INTERNATIONAL DOCKING ADAPTER.
DOCKING SEQUENCE IS HOLDING FOR
RECONFIGURATION.
STATION, COPY.
THE TEAMS HERE IN MISSION
CONTROL HOUSTON JUST LET THE
CREW ONBOARD THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION KNOW THAT THE MCS
IS READY FOR RECONFIGURATION.
IT STANDS FOR THE MOTION CONTROL
SYSTEM.
THE THRUSTER ON THE RUSSIAN
SESSION WERE DISABLED IN ORDER
TO STABILIZE FOR DRAGON'S
APPROACH.
THE STATION WAS BEING STABILIZED
EXCLUSIVELY BY THOSE CONTROL
MOTION GYROSCOPES.
BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT SUCCESSFUL
CAPTURE--
>> HOOK DRIVING.
PAUSE WE HAVE THAT SUCCESSFUL
CAPTURE, THOSE THUS THRUSTERS
ARE GOING TO BE REENABLE AND YOU
HEARD CONFIRMATION THAT THE
HOOKS ARE BEGINNING TO DRIVE.
THE DRAGON SPACECRAFT IS
LATCHING ITSELF SECURELY INTO
THE SPACE STATION.
THE HOOKS ARE LATCHING NOMINALLY
OR PERFORMING NORMALLY AS
EXPECTED.
THOSE 12 HOOKS ABOARD THE DRAGON
SPACECRAFT ARE LATCHING INTO
SPACE STATION BUT DOES NOT
COMPLETE OUR DOCKING WE ALSO
NEED TO CONNECT A SERIES OF
UMBILICALS WERE THE SPACECRAFT
TO THE SPACE STATION.
THE FIRST SET HOOKS ARE CLOSED
AND THE SECOND SET IS CURRENTLY
DRIVING.
THE FINAL SET OF HOOKS ARE
PROCEEDING NOMINALLY LISTEN AND
WE HAVE REGAINED OUR VIDEO
VIEWS.
YOU ARE LOOKING AT A CAMERA VIEW
FROM INSIDE OF DRAGON.
YOU CAN SEE THE SPACECRAFT IS
DOCKED TO THAT INTERNATIONAL
DOCKING ADAPTER ON THE SPACE
STATION.
HARD CAPTURE COMPLETE.
THAT HARD CAPTURE HAS BEEN
COMPLETED.
ALL OF THOSE HOOKS HAVE LATCHED
INTO THE SPACE STATION.
>> STATION, COPY.
HARD CAP TIRE.
HARD CAPTURE.
COPY.
NEXT UP THOSE UMBILICALS FROM
DRAGON CONNECTING THE DATA AND
POWER SYSTEMS TO THE SPACE
STATION.
HERE IS A VIEW OF THE SPACEX
CRS-28 CARGO SPACECRAFT
SUCCESSFULLY DOCKED TO THE SPACE
FACING% ON THE HARMONY MODULE OF
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
RIGHT NOW THOSE UMBILICALS FROM
DRAGON ARE CONDUCTING THE SPACE
STATION.
DRAGON HAS SOLAR ARRAYS THE
PREFLIGHT HOWEVER WHEN IT IS
DOCKED THE SPACE STATION ENTERS
A MODE WHERE IT CAN POWER DOWN
THE SYSTEMS THEN EVENTUALLY PLUG
IN THE SPACE STATION ABLE TO DRY
ON THE STATION'S MUCH MORE
POWERFUL SYSTEMS.
WE HAVE A SUCCESSFUL TIGHT SEAL
WITH DRAGON AT THE SPACE STATION
THANKS TO 12 HOOKS THAT HAVE
SUCCESSFULLY LATCHED INTO THAT
INTERNATIONAL DOCKING ADAPT.
CREATING A VESTIBULE THE CREW
WILL SOON PRESSURIZE.
THEY WILL THEN CONDUCT LEAK
CHECKS AND BE ABLE TO OPEN THE
HATCH AND START REMOVING THE
CARGO LATER TODAY.
AND DOCKING IS COMPLETE.
WE HEARD CONFIRMATION FROM
MISSION CONTROL TEAM MEMBERS IN
HOUSTON THAT WE HAVE A
SUCCESSFUL DOCKING COMPLETE.
THE SPACEX CRS-28 DRAGON CARGO
SPACECRAFT DOCKED SUCCESSFULLY
TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION AT 5:54A.M. EASTERN
TIME, WHILE THE SPACE STATION
WAS FLYING OVER THE COAST OF
BRAZIL.
CARGO SPACECRAFT IS SCHEDULED TO
REMAIN DOCKED.
>> FRANK, PLEASE STAND BY.
WE NEED ANOTHER MINUTE.
>> CREW ONBOARD IS WAITING FOR
THAT GO AHEAD TO BEGIN
PRESSURIZING BEFORE THEY WILL
CON DOING THE LEAK CHECKS AND
REMOVE THE CARGO LATER TODAY.
CRS-28 IS SCHEDULED TO REMAIN
DOCKED FOR THREE WEEKS AND WILL
RETURN TO EARTH LATER THIS MONTH
ON JUNE27th.
WOODY HOBURG WAS ONBOARD
MONITORING ARRIVAL.
>> STATION HOUSTON ON SPACE TO
GROUND TWO FOR FRANK, YOU ARE GO
FOR .1 AND 2.2.
>> NASA ASTRONAUT FRANK RUBIO IS
GOING TO BE ASSISTING IN THE
PRESSURIZING OF THE VESTIBULE
AND THE SPACECRAFT.
THIS CONCLUDES OUR BUT YOU CAN
CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE CREW
ALONG ON THE BLOG AT
BLOG.NASA.GOV/SPACE STATION.