NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Koichi Wakata, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina arrived at the International Space Station on Thursday, October 6, when the SpaceX Dragon Endurance docked at 5:01 p.m. ET. EDT as the spacecraft flew 258 miles over the west coast of Africa. After Dragon docks with the Harmony module, the crew aboard the Dragon Endurance and the space station will begin conducting standard spacecraft leak and pressurization checks in preparation for the hatch opening scheduled for 6:42 p.m.
Mann, Cassada, Wakata and Kikina will join the Expedition 68 crew, which includes NASA astronauts Bob Hines, Kjell Lindgren, Frank Rubio and Jessica Watkins, Samantha Cristoforetti of the ESA (European Space Agency), and Roskosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin. For a short time, the crew on the space station will increase to 11 people until Crew-4 departs. NASA television and the agency’s website continue to provide live, non-stop coverage of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission.
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