Replacement crew docks at International Space Station, boosts numbers back to 7
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A SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule with a crew of four glided in for a Valentine's Day docking at the International Space Station Saturday, boosting the lab's crew back to a full complement of seven one month after four other fliers came home early because of a medical issue. In:
A SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule with a crew of four glided in for a Valentine's Day docking at the International Space Station Saturday, boosting the lab's crew back to a full complement of seven one month after four other fliers came home early because of a medical issue.
The Crew Dragon docked at the space-facing port of the lab's forward Harmony module at 3:15 p.m. Eastern Time, 34 hours after launch Friday from the Kennedy Space Center atop a Falcon 9 rocket.
"Grateful to be on board, and we're ready to get to work," radioed Crew 12 commander Jessica Meir, making her second long-duration stay aboard the space station.
Joined by veteran Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev and two space rookies, astronaut Jack Hathaway and European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adenot, the Crew 12 fliers opened the Crew Dragon's hatch and floated into the station two hours after docking.
Amid hugs and handshakes, they were welcomed aboard by space station commander Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, Sergey Mikaev and NASA astronaut Chris Williams. Those three were launched to the outpost last November aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft.
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