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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00:00Soft capture confirmed.
00:16And contact confirmed.
00:19Dragon made contact with the International Space Station at 11.28 p.m. Pacific
00:23while flying central over the North Atlantic Ocean just east of Newfoundland.
00:30And now you are seeing a live view inside the Dragon Endeavour spacecraft.
00:39You can see the SpaceX suits that the Kru-8 crewmembers were wearing for the docking operations
00:47as well as for launch on Sunday, March 3rd.
00:52Kru-8 is currently standing by and they will be ingressing into the International Space Station
00:58just a short time from now.
01:04And there we can see Kru-8 being joyfully welcomed aboard the International Space Station.
01:12The first aboard was NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick, followed behind him NASA astronaut Michael
01:27Barrett and NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps.
01:30And pulling up the end we have Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grubinkin.
01:35The Kru-8 astronauts now officially a part of Expedition 70 and the other Expedition 70 crewmembers giving them hugs
01:44and handshakes as they make their way onto the International Space Station which will be their home for the next six months as they conduct important science and research.
02:05for the next six months as they conduct important science and research.
02:21Spatian, this is Houston on Space to Ground 2. Are you ready for the event?
02:24Spatian, this is Houston.
02:26Spatian, this is Houston.
02:31All right, let's roll.
02:33All right, stand by, stand by.
02:38I'm sorry about that. Can you give us a little count on the microphone?
02:45Spatian, this is Houston.
02:48I'm sorry about that. Can you give us a little count on the microphone?
02:51about that. Can you give us a little count on the microphone? We weren't getting the audio down here.
03:14Check. Okay, just another quick count.
03:21One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
03:35All right, 11, 12, 13, we're ready to roll.
03:41Excellent. A big warm welcome to Crew 8 from all of us up here.
03:49Wouldn't you know it, after having made fun of Crew 8 for launching late, they arrive early to the space station and have us scrambling this morning.
03:59But it's absolutely fantastic to see their smiling faces.
04:05Welcome to space, Matt, Jeanette, and Alex. And welcome back to space to Mike.
04:13This is also for Crew 7, a slightly bittersweet moment, because with their arrival, it also starts the countdown to our own departure and return to Earth in about a week's time.
04:27Great to see Crew 8. Welcome. You guys are going to have a fantastic mission, I'm sure of it.
04:33And we look forward to spending the next week in space with you.
04:37And for Laurel, Oleg, and Nikolai, there you are.
04:45A few more weeks.
04:47But welcome to you, and I'll pass the mic to you, Matt.
04:51Thank you so much.
04:53We are, of course, super excited to be here.
04:55And after we saw you call us out yesterday, we phoned a few friends to expedite things to kind of throw you off guard on purpose.
05:01Or so we hope or wished.
05:03Anyway, we're so excited to be here.
05:05A big thank you to everyone who helped put this together, such a giant team around the world.
05:09And we're excited to be on board and ready to take over the watch.
05:13Over to you, Mike.
05:15Well, first thing, it's just great to be back.
05:18There's such a sense of familiarity and homeness to the station.
05:22And I can't wait to get back to work.
05:24But just a big shout-out to all the folks who got us up here for NASA.
05:27Our friends at SpaceX for a building.
05:29A great little spaceship and a little taste of the flexibility this morning that we'll be expecting over the next six months.
05:35I know that our flight's going to go by in a blink of an eye and really anxious to start.
05:39Thanks for the very warm welcome from Crew 7.
05:45I second everything that Matt and Mike have said.
05:48And I just want to thank my family as well for being patient with me.
05:52And I made it here.
05:54Hello everyone from the orbit.
05:55Well, we've arrived.
05:56The flight was quite slow, so I hope the process will be the same.
05:57Thank you and I'll give a big shout-out to you.
05:59Thank you all for being patient with us.
06:00Thanks a lot, all the teams.
06:01Well, once again, welcome to the National Space Station.
06:03This is an incredible place.
06:04You will have a great time, and you will be here.
06:05It's just a very nice place.
06:06And I'll give you a lovely time.
06:07Thank you, Mike.
06:08We're coming back.
06:09Thank you, Mike.
06:13Thank you for the time, my team.
06:15Thank you, Mike.
06:16Well, once again, welcome to the National Space Station.
06:19This is an incredible place.
06:21an incredible place you will have a great time up here just like we did we are doing so much
06:28exciting science at the moment and we look forward to introducing you to all of it so once again
06:34welcome crew eight all right uh thanks station for all of that i can tell you on behalf of us that
06:44are left here on the planet we are incredibly proud to be part of this and we're all smiling
06:49down here all right station we are now resuming operational communications
07:08and there you have it crew eight is officially on board the international space station and welcomed
07:13by the expedition 70 crew bringing the current space station population to 11 for the next
07:18few days crew eight began their journey to the orbiting orbiting laboratory following a liftoff
07:24at 9 53 p.m central 10 53 p.m eastern on sunday march 3rd from launch pad 39a at nasa's kennedy
07:31space center in florida atop a falcon 9 rocket following orbital insertion the dragon vehicle
07:37carrying crew eight completed a series of automatic maneuvers to guide the spacecraft to the forward
07:42facing port of the station's harmony module dragon endeavor and its four-person crew of nasa astronauts
07:47matthew dominic michael barrett and janet epps and roscosmos cosmonaut alexander gerbinkin docked to
07:53the international space station at 128 a.m central 228 a.m eastern on tuesday march 5th as the space
07:59station and dragon were traveling over the north atlantic just east of newfoundland