The SpaceX CRS-27 Dragon cargo capsule carrying more than 3 tons of supplies approached and docked with the International Space Station (ISS).
Credit: NASA
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00:00All right, so we're about eight and a half minutes away.
00:30From Dragon heading Waypoint 1, again, that spot is just about 220 meters ahead of the station. It's about 300 meters away.
00:37Station on 2, range is 318 meters. Vehicle mode transition to docking access. Attitude remains as expected.
00:46Tapia, we're configuring for 6MG now, so we should see video soon.
00:56Excellent. We'll be watching.
00:59What do you hope we're confirming less than 10 meters away and talking the error bands all green, so that's essentially just meaning Dragon continues to be well in control of itself and good alignment as it approaches this docking port.
01:21Expecting docking in about 90 seconds.
01:28I'm going to ask for a minute.
01:38Five meters to go.
01:41Five meters to go.
02:11Two hands off point.
02:34Copy, crew hands off.
02:39We are less than two meters away.
03:01Drag and contact and soft capture complete.
03:07And capture confirmed at 6.31 a.m. Central Time, 7.31 a.m. Eastern, while Dragon and Station flew 261 statute miles over northeastern China.
03:29You