so it looks like we do have that hold
dragon spacex on big loop the ground is
go
for approach two we will be enabling the
resume shortly as a reminder ensure
your visors are closed prior to dragon's
departure from the waypoint
and once dragon is inside the crew hands
off point retreat and breakout are not
permitted and for your awareness we have
sunset in a little less than 8.5 minutes
all on the big loop go for talking
so doug on uh on the spacecraft
confirming they're go for docking
we're going to put down their visors got
some instructions there about the
the crew hands-off point that we had
talked about earlier that's a point
where
we don't want the crew issuing any
commands to the vehicle
it's about just about two meters away
from the docking adapter i believe the
number is about 1.7 meters
station houston on the big loop houston
and station are now go for docking
chris you can monitor for steps three
and four three and four
and one decimal one zero four crew
dragon approach and retreat monitor
happy steps three and four
next dragon on the big loop our visors
are down
puppy visors down
with the crew confirming their visors
down we should see
the final approach resume
from approach to copy and bound
mission copy
and we're going to be racing that sunset
the approach has resumed
dragon closing in we're inside 20 meters
and yeah that crew hands off point
should come up in about three minutes or
so
right before we get that final docking
it comes about 20 seconds prior
or just about two meters away from the
station still and that's
just the crew not issuing any abort
commands
at that point it would be too late and
so
any aborts would be executed
automatically by dragon itself
so we're closing in at less than a tenth
of a meter per second at this point
you can see the the surface section
draco's just doing all these very small
minor attitude corrections really the
autonomous docking system at work making
sure that the
the vestibule and the soft capture
system is lined up
with ida2 the international docking
adapter
you can see much more clearly there the
hinge mechanism for the nose cone
those four black circles are the
ford bulkhead dracos not to be used at
this time
and then of course the the petals of the
soft capture system
wow
dragon on the big loop we're inside 10
meters we cannot make up the darkest
stocking
target but we do see the outline
we copy and concur 10 meters all right
we're less than 10 meters away again
we're closing
at that rate of less than a tenth of a
meter per second
we should be just about one minute 45
seconds away from docking
there is a centerline camera
right in that middle so that you can see
where the ford hatch is
and right in the middle of that there's
a window and there's a centerline camera
that is aligned with the center of the
vehicle and the center of the docking
mechanism
so that is is what the autonomous
docking system is using
to line up with sort of a cross hatch
cross target on the the docking port
again the forward docking port on
pma2 or the pressurized mating adapter
and we are just five meters away
again we're racing that sunset this
dragon continues to close
four meters to go the shadows of
the of the space station on the vehicle
yeah you can actually see the centerline
camera pretty clearly there
sort of with the contrast of the sun
right now
three meters to go
two meters
we are inside the hands off point the
chop the crew hands off point
one meter to go
soft capture complete
soft capture confirmed standby for
retraction and docking
and we just heard it soft capture we
have docking
that coming at 7 16 a.m
pacific time with the station and dragon
flying
262 statute miles right over the border
between northern china and mongolia
you saw a little bit of motion there of
dragon that was that relative motion
that the soft capture system
is damping out once that motion is
is clear then
[Music]
the soft capture system will be retract
retracted
and dragon will go for hard capture
again if just now tuning in
that soft capture that docking coming 7
16
a.m pacific 10 16 a.m over on the east
coast
dragon and the international space
station we're flying 262 statute miles
right over the border between northern
china and mongolia
that soft capture ring now going to
retract it's one more step
on the way to docking complete
yeah and so the the next step here is
once once the soft capture ring is
retracted
there are 12 latches that we refer to as
hard capture latches
those are what will really create that
pressure tight seal
between the dragon spacecraft and the
international space station
so once soft capture is complete and i
believe we'll get that call from
from our core here anna
then we'll get we'll get confirmation
of hard capture and the crew of course
aboard have
have this information on their displays
so they'll also see indication of our
capture complete
and once those two steps are done then
that's that's docking complete
that's right we're we're expecting to
hear some words from everybody
a pretty monumental moment i mean for
doug hurley he's
returning to where he last docked almost
nine years ago on the very last space
shuttle mission
now commanding the very first commercial
spacecraft to deliver astronauts to the
international space station
that's that's got to be cool for them
they've they've mentioned quite a few
times that they're best friends uh
our favorite dads in space as we've been
calling them this is
this has got to be really cool for them
dragon spacex docking sequence is
complete
next dragon we copy dock incomplete
to say that it's been a real honor to be
just a small part of this uh 90-year
endeavor since the last time the united
states
spaceship has stopped with the
international space station
we have to congratulate the men and
women of
spacex at hawthorne mcgregor
and at kennedy space center their
incredible efforts over the last several
years to make this possible
not go overstated
i'd also like to thank kathy leaders and
her
team of the commercial crew program of
nasa
an outstanding job by everyone
last i'd like to thank the the men and
women
of the national aeronautics and space
station
this is an incredible time to be at nasa
three new vehicles to be flown
continuing mission in low earth orbit
and then
to the moon and mars we thank you again
and congratulate you
[Music]
dragon arriving crew of expedition 63 is
honored to welcome
dragon in the commercial crew program to
welcome aboard the international space
station bob and doug glad to have you as
part
through well done bravo zoo
look happy thank you chris thank you
chris
endeavor this is houston bob and doug
welcome to the international space
station
after your spectacular rendezvous and
docking of the first crew dragon vehicle
for the first time since the retirement
of the space shuttle you've completed a
historic ride to the iss
and have opened up a new chapter in
human space exploration
on behalf of the flight control teams
here in houston and in hawthorne
california
and to our spacex colleagues bravo on a
magnificent moment in space flight
history
and on the start of a new journey that
has changed the face of space travel
in this new area of space transportation
bob and doug good luck and we look
forward to working with you on board
dragon spacex
bob and doug we here at spacex are
honored
to have been part of ushering in this
new era of human space flight
on behalf of the spacex and nasa
partnership
congratulations on a phenomenal
accomplishment
and welcome to the international space
station
well thank you anna we appreciate all
the good words
and uh everyone thanking us but it truly
was a magnificent effort by the entire
team
the spacex team the nasa team and the
team across america who was able to pull
this off
and bring human space flight again to
our
nation thanks for everything happy to be
aboard
and dragon spacex with that
ground will be enabling hardline power
and calm connection shortly
you are go to doff your suits per
procedure for decimal zero one
two we will be configuring your video
to go external shortly and we have one
request for bob's suit doffing when
you're ready to copy