The SpaceX Crew-9 astronauts, including two crew members formerly aboard Boeing's Starliner spacecraft, moved their Crew Dragon capsule to another docking port to make way for a new cargo Dragon arrival.
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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
00:10then 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 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 and
00:30and 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 we
00:51will hear that call for CHOP or crew hands-off point
00:56and we heard that call for CHOP and just standing by for initial contact and capture
01:09and meter
01:26freedom space X on the big loop soft capture complete
01:43And 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.
02:13And at that time of communication, the International Space Station and the National Space Station at the