Skip to playerSkip to main content
  • 11 minutes ago
This video shows the successful docking of a SpaceX Dragon vehicle to the ISS. Follow along with the mission commentary as the spacecraft makes its final approach, achieves contact, and completes the soft capture procedure over the southern part of Brazil.

Credit: SpaceX

Category

🤖
Tech
Transcript
00:00So Dragon will reach that waypoint 2. In just a few moments we should hear that
00:06confirmation and we'll hear that they're standing by for that hold and
00:11then once ready Dragon will begin its final approach and that final approach
00:15process takes about four minutes and during that period we will hear the
00:19call out for CHOP which stands for Crew Hands Off Point and this call occurs
00:24when the spacecraft is about two meters away from the docking port.
00:34And just a minute ago on your screen you could actually see the docking target
00:38which is that crosshair target on the International Space Station and Dragon is
00:46continuing to approach in closer it's about three meters away so in one meter
00:51we will hear that call for CHOP or Crew Hands Off Point.
01:05And we heard that call for CHOP and just standing by for initial contact and capture.
01:13One meter.
01:38Freedom space X on the big loop.
01:40Soft capture complete.
01:50And at 625 AM Central, 725 AM Eastern, we have confirmation of initial contact and capture.
01:59At that time, the International Space Station and Dragon were flying approximately 260 statute
02:04miles over the south part of Brazil.
02:14You

Recommended