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The Crew Dragon with AstroSam docked to the Space Station

2022-04-28T01:28:42.244Z


The Crew Dragon Freedom capsule docked to the International Space Station, after about 16 hours of travel (ANSA)


The Crew Dragon Freedom capsule has docked with the International Space Station.

On board the crew of the Crew-4 mission, which includes astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency (ESA), with NASA colleagues Kjell Lindgren, in command, pilpta Bob Hines and mission specialist Jessica Watkins.



The docking to the Space Station's Harmony node occurred after a journey of 15 hours and 45 minutes, after launch at 9.52 am on April 27 from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral.


Now begins the operations necessary to balance the pressurization of the Crew Dragon and that of the Space Station, before the hatch opens.

The latter is scheduled around 3.30 am Italian time

Source: ansa

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