SpaceX capsule for stuck astronauts docks at International Space Station

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SpaceX capsule for stuck astronauts docks at International Space Station  A SpaceX Crew Dragon space capsule, which is due to bring home stuck astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams next year, arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday, September 29.  NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov boarded the ISS shortly after the Dragon capsule docked at the station at 2130 GMT, NASA said in a post on X.  The SpaceX Crew-9 mission was supposed to transport four astronauts to the ISS until two empty seats had to be opened up for Wilmore and Williams after the Boeing Starliner capsule they arrived on in June was deemed unfit to return them to Earth.  Wilmore and Williams, who were the first crew to fly on the troubled Starliner, are now due to return home with Hague and Gorbunov on Crew Dragon in February next year, as what was supposed to be an 8-day mission has turned into an 8-month ordeal.   NASA TV/REUTERS VIDEO  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net    Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital  Sign up to our newsletters: https://tmt.ph/newsletters   Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #themanilatimes #worldnews #spacex #space

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00:00And pass over the western border of Quebec, posed forward bulkhead thanks to the open nose cone.

00:12But that position and orientation and attitude of Dragon as it makes its approach.

00:22So they are now in an orbital night time, flying about 260,

00:27but docking for us is called at the time of soft capture.

00:41SpaceX Freedom hatch is open.

00:44Copy, hatch open.

00:51Freedom arriving.

00:57The bell has been rung.

00:59Alexander Gorbunov, the first through of Crew-9 being welcomed by Expedition 72.

01:06Next up is Crew-9 Commander Nick Haig.

01:13Crew-9 now aboard the International Space Station and joining Expedition 72.

01:27Welcome to the International Space Station.

01:43And Nick, welcome back home to the International Space Station.

01:47It's great to be here with bringing the 72 back up to 11.

01:51Alex and I had a smooth ride up here.

01:55And so first off I just want to say thank you to the teams that got us ready to fly Freedom to the station.

02:01And it was an awesome ride.

02:05And coming through the hatch and seeing all the smiles,

02:08and as much as I've laughed and cried in the last 10 minutes,

02:12I know it's going to be an amazing expedition.

02:15So I'm really looking forward to getting to work up here.

02:19So I'm very happy to be here in this huge, amazing laboratory, International Space Station.

02:25And I'm looking forward to working with this crew, Expedition 72,

02:30and with people who are supporting us on the ground, MCC Houston, MCC Moscow.

02:48NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology

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