Commander Matthew Dominick, pilot Michael Barratt, mission specialists Jeanette Epps and Aleksandr Grebenkin arrived at the International Space Station after docking.
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00:00Dragon just east of Newfoundland.
00:20Dragonmade contact with the International Space Station at 1128 p.m. Pacific while flying
00:24central over the North Atlantic Ocean.
00:27Just east of Newfoundland.
00:29And now you are seeing a live view inside the Dragon Endeavour spacecraft.
00:39You can see the SpaceX suits that the Crew 8 crew members were wearing for the docking
00:46operations as well as for launch on Sunday, March 3rd.
00:52Crew 8 is currently standing by, and they will be ingressing into the International
00:57Space Station just a short time from now.
01:05And there we can see Crew 8 being joyfully welcomed aboard the International Space Station.
01:21First aboard was NASA astronaut Matthew Dominic, followed behind him NASA astronaut Michael
01:27Barrett and NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps, and pulling up the end we have Roscosmos
01:33cosmonaut Alexander Grubinken.
01:50The Crew 8 astronauts now officially a part of Expedition 70, and the other Expedition
01:5770 crew members giving them hugs and handshakes as they make their way onto the International
02:03Space Station, which will be their home for the next six months as they conduct important
02:08science and research.
02:21Station, this is Houston on Space to Ground 2.
02:23Are you ready for the event?
02:24All right, let's roll.
02:25All right, stand by.
02:26Stand by.
02:27Hey, Andy, sorry about that.
02:52Can you give us a little count on the microphone?
02:54We weren't getting the audio down here.
03:14Check.
03:18Okay, just another quick count.
03:20One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
03:36All right, 11, 12, 13, we're ready to roll.
03:44Excellent.
03:45Excellent.
03:46A big, warm welcome to Crew 8 from all of us up here.
03:51Wouldn't you know it, after having made fun of Crew 8 for being, or for launching late,
03:56they arrive early to the Space Station and have us scrambling this morning.
04:00But it's absolutely fantastic to see their smiling faces.
04:05Welcome to space, Matt, Jeanette and Alex, and welcome back to space to Mike.
04:15This is also for Crew 7 a slightly bittersweet moment because with their arrival,
04:20it also starts the countdown to our own departure and return to Earth in about a week's time.
04:27But it's great to see Crew 8.
04:29Welcome.
04:30You guys are going to have a fantastic mission, I'm sure of it.
04:34And we look forward to spending the next week in space with you.
04:38And for Laurel, Oleg, and Nikolai, there you are, a few more weeks.
04:47But welcome to you, and I'll pass the mic to you, Matt.
04:53Thank you so much.
04:54We are, of course, super excited to be here.
04:56And after we saw you call us out yesterday, we phoned a few friends to expedite things
05:00to kind of throw you off guard on purpose, or so we hope, or wished.
05:04Anyway, we're so excited to be here.
05:06A big thank you to everyone who helped put this together, such a giant team around the world.
05:10And we're excited to be on board and ready to take over the watch.
05:14Over to you, Mike.
05:17Well, first thing, it's just great to be back.
05:19There's such a sense of familiarity and homeness to the station.
05:22And I can't wait to get back to work.
05:25But just a big shout out to all the folks who got us up here to NASA,
05:28our friends at SpaceX for building a great little spaceship
05:31and a little taste of the flexibility this morning
05:33that we'll be expecting over the next six months.
05:36I know that our flight's going to go by in a blink of an eye,
05:38and I'm really anxious to start.
05:40Thanks for the very warm welcome from Crew 7.
05:45I second everything that Matt and Mike have said.
05:49And I just want to thank my family as well for being patient with me,
05:52and I made it here.
05:57Hello everyone from orbit.
05:58Well, here we are.
06:00The flight was pretty easy,
06:02so I hope it will be the same in the future.
06:06Thank you all, and I want to say hello to everyone.
06:10Thanks a lot, all teams.
06:18Well, once again, welcome to the National Space Station.
06:21This is an incredible place.
06:23You will have a great time up here, just like we did.
06:27We are doing so much exciting science at the moment,
06:30and we look forward to introducing you to all of it.
06:33So once again, welcome, Crew 8.
06:40All right, thanks, Station.
06:42For all of that, I can tell you, on behalf of us
06:44that are left here on the planet,
06:46we are incredibly proud to be a part of this,
06:48and we're all smiling down here.
06:50All right, Station, we are now resuming operational communications.
07:00And there you have it.
07:02Crew 8 is officially on board the International Space Station
07:05and welcomed by the Expedition 70 crew,
07:08bringing the current space station population
07:10to 11 for the next few days.
07:12Crew 8 began their journey to the orbiting laboratory
07:15following a liftoff at 9.53 p.m. Central,
07:1810.53 p.m. Eastern on Sunday, March 3rd,
07:21from launch pad 13.
07:23Crew 8 is now on board the International Space Station
07:26and welcomed by the Expedition 70 crew,
07:29from launch pad 39A
07:31at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida
07:33atop a Falcon 9 rocket.
07:35Following orbital insertion,
07:37the Dragon vehicle carrying Crew 8
07:39completed a series of automatic maneuvers
07:41to guide the spacecraft to the forward-facing port
07:43of the station's Harmony module.
07:45Dragon Endeavour and its four-person crew
07:47of NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick,
07:49Michael Barrett, and Jeanette Epps
07:51and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grubinkin
07:53docked to the International Space Station
07:55at 1.28 a.m. Central,
07:572.28 a.m. Eastern on Tuesday, March 5th
07:59as the space station and Dragon
08:01were traveling over the North Atlantic
08:03just east of Newfoundland.