Dragon performs final approach and docks with the International Space Station, followed by pressurization, hatch open, and crew ingress. To The space station On its flight to the International Space Station, Dragon executed a series of burns that positioned the vehicle progressively closer to the station before it executed final docking maneuvers, followed by pressurization of the vestibule, hatch opening, and crew ingress.
Mission To The space station On its flight to the International Space Station, Dragon executed a series of burns that positioned the vehicle progressively closer to the station before it executed final docking maneuvers, followed by pressurization of the vestibule, hatch opening, and crew ingress.
The capsule undocked from the station at p. The payload fairing on the most recent Ariane 5 launch last month worked perfectly, according to the European Space Agency, helping clear concerns about the shroud before liftoff of the James Webb Space Telescope on the next Ariane 5 flight in December. Faced with high winds in the Gulf of Mexico, NASA managers decided to pass up a Sunday undocking and Monday morning splashdown for four returning space station astronauts, opting instead to aim for a landing Monday night when better weather is expected.
NASA and SpaceX decided Friday to bring four space station astronauts back to Earth Monday to close out a day mission, pressing ahead with re-entry and splashdown two days before the planned launch of their replacements Wednesday aboard another Crew Dragon spacecraft.
He said: "We chose Endeavour for a few reasons: One, because of this incredible endeavour that Nasa, SpaceX and the US have been on since the end of the shuttle programme back in Crew Dragon was pencilled in to rendezvous with the ISS at 3. Astronauts Hurley and Behnken are now expected to enter the space station at about 5.
NASA said: "After a successful docking, hatches between the two spacecraft will be opened at Behnken and Hurley will perform tests on Crew Dragon in addition to conducting research and other tasks with the space station crew. On Saturday, there was a chance the SpaceX capsule was seen in the late evening hours from parts of the UK and Europe.
Hopeful stargazers had to wait until about Dr Langbroek tweeted: "Charts for localities in West Europe that can see the second pass near During this phase, the spacecraft performed on-orbit testing and operations.
They are our team. The spacecraft then slowly raised its orbit to match the ISS miles km up. Speaking from orbit, Doug Hurley revealed why the Dragon was named Endeavour.
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