Spacex crew dragon was able to dock with the International Space station on monday. This was the first fully operational approved mission for spacex following an earlier test mission back in may. A look at the docking process courtesy of nasa tv. We are waiting for the crew to confirm that they are ready. We are waiting for the crew to confirm it looks like we have gone through sunset, and we will get the lights strobe being so we can see the target. We are good to proceed. Blinders are down. Copy. You are go to proceed advisors are down, that is great to hear. We will come and the resume shortly. As a reminder, once dragon is inside the crew hands off break. Copy all. I am ready. We have go from the crew. They will be starting this procedure shortly. They will start approaching that docking adapter that you see any screen. Once we get close enough we will do a soft capture. Followed by the insertion of the pins for the heart capture. We also heard the core mention that once we reached
That they are ready. We are waiting for the crew to confirm it looks like we have gone through sunset, and we will get the lights strobe being so we can see the target. We are good to proceed. Blinders are down. Copy. You are go to proceed advisors are down, that is great to hear. We will come and the resume shortly. As a reminder, once dragon is inside the crew hands off break. Copy all. I am ready. We have go from the crew. They will be starting this procedure shortly. They will start approaching that docking adapter that you see any screen. Once we get close enough we will do a soft capture. Followed by the insertion of the pins for the heart capture. We also heard the core mention that once we reached the crews hands off point, the chop call, retrieve and break out are permitted. That will be from the crew. The vehicle can still abort if necessary. Everything is continuing to look good for crew dragon. Ready to depart waypoint two. The final approach has begun. Crew dragon moving i
Congress. Watch washington journal live at 7 00 a. M. Eastern Tuesday Morning. Be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, Text Messages and tweets. Spacex crew dragon is making contact with the International Space station this evening. We expect the docking to begin around 11 00 p. M. Eastern once that occurs, there will be a welcoming ceremony for the four astronauts on board. We also expect a News Conference with nasa officials in the early or morning hours. This is live coverage on cspan. We will next move through wave. 1, 220 meters away directly in front of the docking port. Where dragon docked steering demo one and demo two. We will be looking for the go to keep out the sphere of 200 meter radius, and invisible line around the station that helps flight controllers monitor vehicles they approach and depart the International Space station. Such a cool view. Seeing dragon with the canada arm from the station. The earth in the background. We use to use t
Policy issues including voter fraud, the official said that ray could exit right after the election. The fbi and Justice Department had no comment for our reporting. Catherine, reporting. Millions americans have already cast their ballots either at in person early voting sites or ballot drop boxes or through the u. S. Mail. But for the 3 million u. S. Citizens living abroad, theres no choice. To cast a vote, you have to put it in the mail. The International Ballot system has worked for decades but many expats fear their vote this is had not be counted. We have the story from london. It turns out that americans dont even have to be earth bound to vote. On the way to the International Space station. U. S. Astronaut kate rubins who blasted off last wednesday will cast her absentee will cast her ballot with a bit of help, will cast her billion on on tal. Its super important, i feel like every vote counts. Are you voting in a state where you think it could make a difference . I would certai
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