November 22, 2024

SpaceX Dragon Endeavour With Crew-8 Aboard Docks to International Space Station

Credit: NASANASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, as well as Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin got here at the International Space Station, as the SpaceX Dragon, named Endeavour, docked to the complex at 2:28 a.m. EST on March 5 while the station was 260 statute miles over Newfoundland.Following Dragons link up to the Harmony module, the astronauts aboard the Dragon and the area station conducted basic leak checks and pressurization in between the spacecraft in preparation for hatch opening.March 5, 2024: International Space Station Configuration. Credit: NASASubsequently, Crew-8 signed up with the area stations Expedition 70 crew of NASA astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral OHara, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Furukawa Satoshi, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Konstantin Borisov, Oleg Kononenko, and Nikolai Chub.For a brief time, the number of team aboard the area station will increase to 11 individuals up until Crew-7 members Moghbeli, Mogensen, Satoshi, and Borisov return to Earth.