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SpaceX Dragon Endurance docked to the International Space Station and Crew-5 members enter to join the Expedition 68 crew.
NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Koichi Wakata, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday, October 6, as the SpaceX Dragon Endurance docked to the complex at 5:01 p.m. EDT. At that time, the probe flew 258 miles over the western coast of Africa.
5 astronauts from the NASA crew independently docked at the front harbour of the International Space Station's Harmony Module at 4:57 p.m. (EDT) on Thursday, 6th October. Nasa astronauts nicole mann et josh cassada, Japan Space Agency (jaxa) astronaut koichi wakata, and astronaut Anna Kikina, came after a one-day trip to start a long-term scientific mission aboard the space station. Following docking, mann, cassada, wakata, Kikina joins NASA's 68-crew astronaut Bob Hines expedition, kjell lindgren, frank rubio, Also, jessica watkins, and astronaut from the European Space Agency (ESA) and station captain samantha cristoforetti, together with cosmonauts roscosmos sergey prokopyev and dmitri petelin. Credit: NASA
Following Dragon’s link up to the Harmony module, the crew aboard Dragon Endurance and the space station began conducting standard leak checks and pressurization between the spacecraft in preparation for hatch opening.
NASA astronaut Nicole Mann enters the space station within two hours after docking the dragon's endurance ship in the front port of the Harmony Module. Credit: NASA TV
Following Dragon hatch opening at 6:49 p.m. EDT, Crew-5 has rejoined NASA astronauts Bob Hines' Expedition 68 crew, Kjell Lindgren, Frank Rubio, This is Jessica Watkins, Samantha Cristoforetti from the ESA, and Roscosmos astronauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitry Petelin.
With crew 5 added, the number of crews on the space station will increase to 11 for a short period of time. Soon it will fall to seven when astronauts Hines, Lindgren, Watkins and Cristoforetti return to Earth.
