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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00:00And
00:17contact confirm dragon made contact with the International Space Station at 1128 p.m. Pacific
00:23wall flying central over the North Atlantic Ocean just east of Newfoundland.
00:33And now you are seeing a live view inside the Dragon Endeavour spacecraft.
00:39You can see the SpaceX suits that the crew a crew members were wearing for the docking
00:46operations as well as for launch on Sunday, March 3rd.
00:53Crew 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.
01:31And pulling up the end we have Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grubinken.
01:50We 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.
02:20Station, this is Houston on Space to Ground 2, are you ready for the event?
02:35All right, let's roll.
02:38All right, stand by, stand by.
02:51Hey 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 it.
03:19Okay, just another quick count.
03:231, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
03:37All right, 11, 12, 13, we're ready to roll.
03:45Excellent.
03:47A 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,
03:57they arrive early to the Space Station and have us scrambling this morning.
04:01But it's absolutely fantastic to see their smiling faces.
04:05Welcome to space, Matt, Jeanette and Alex.
04:11And welcome back to space to Mike.
04:15This is also for Crew 7 a slightly bittersweet moment because with their arrival it also
04:21starts 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.
04:31You guys are going to have a fantastic mission.
04:33And we look forward to spending the next week in space with you.
04:37And for Laurel, Alec and Nikolai, there you are, a few more weeks.
04:47But welcome to you.
04:49And I'll pass the mic to you, Matt.
04:53Thank you so much.
04:55We are, of course, super excited to be here.
04:57And after we saw you call us out yesterday, we phoned a few friends to expedite things
05:02on purpose.
05:04Or so we hope.
05:06Or wished.
05:08Anyway, we're so excited to be here.
05:10A big thank you to everyone who helped put this together.
05:12Such a giant team around the world.
05:14And we're excited to be on board and ready to take over the watch.
05:16Over to you, Mike.
05:18Well, first thing, it's just great to be back.
05:20There's such a sense of familiarity and homeness to the Station.
05:24And I can't wait to get back to work.
05:26But just a big shout out to all the folks who got us up here to NASA.
05:30Thanks for building a great little spaceship.
05:32And a little taste of the flexibility this morning that 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.
05:46I second everything that Matt and Mike have said.
05:50And I just want to thank my family as well for being patient with me.
05:54And I made it here.
05:56Awesome.
05:58Hello from orbit.
06:00Well, we've made it.
06:02The flight was pretty easy.
06:04So I hope that it will be the same in the future.
06:06Thank you all.
06:08And I send you all a big hello.
06:10Thanks a lot, all teams.
06:18Well, once again, welcome to the National Space Station.
06:22This is an incredible place.
06:24You will have a great time up here just like we did.
06:26We are doing so much exciting science at the moment.
06:30And we look forward to introducing you to all of it.
06:34So once again, welcome, Crew 8.
06:40All right.
06:42Thanks, station.
06:44For all of that, I can tell you on behalf of us that 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.
06:52We are now resuming operational communications.
06:56And there you have it.
07:10Crew 8 is officially on board the International Space Station
07:12and welcomed by the Expedition 70 crew,
07:14bringing the current space station population to 11 for the next few days.
07:20Crew 8 began their journey to the orbiting laboratory
07:22orbiting laboratory following a lift-off at 9.53 p.m. Central, 10.53 p.m. Eastern
07:27on Sunday, March 3rd from launch pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in
07:32Florida atop a Falcon 9 rocket. Following orbital insertion, the Dragon vehicle
07:37carrying Crew 8 completed a series of automatic maneuvers to guide the
07:40spacecraft to the forward-facing port of the station's Harmony module. Dragon
07:45Endeavour and its four-person crew of NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael
07:49Barrett and Jeanette Epps and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Gerbinkin talked to
07:53the International Space Station at 1.28 a.m. Central, 2.28 a.m. Eastern on Tuesday,
07:58March 5th as the space station and Dragon were traveling over the North
08:02Atlantic just east of Newfoundland.