This is Mission Control Korolyov, 470 meters separating the Soyuz
and its destination at the International Space Station. Flight controllers are
reporting that the Russian segment is in the correct orientation for the docking
a few minutes from now of the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft to the Rassvet module. As
the Soyuz makes its a final few feet just prior to contact and capture the
station will be put into what's known as free drift
meaning that all of the thrusters and propulsion systems on the station itself
will be temporarily disabled to avoid any inadvertent jet thruster firings
that could per debate the relative motion of the two vehicles against one
another at the time of contact. This view now of the Soyuz from trust cameras on
the International Space Station, an outstanding view as the fly-around of
the station is in progress the station and the Soyuz currently flying 255
statute miles over the border between Russia and Northwest Kazakhstan. The
Soyuz MS-09 just minutes away from delivering Sergei Prokopyev, Serena Aunon-Chancellor
and Alexander Gerst to the International Space Station for a six
and a half month mission. At the bottom of your screen you're looking at two
fan-shaped solar arrays those the Ultraflex solar arrays on the Cygnus
cargo craft that arrived at the International Space Station a couple of
weeks ago. Later in June SpaceX will launch its next mission to the
International Space Station a delivery mission of its Dragon cargo craft that
will park right alongside of Cygnus marking the first time since 2016 that
two US commercial cargo vehicles will have been at the international space
station simultaneously.
Contact confirmed and capture confirmed at 8:01 a.m. Central
time 901 a.m. Eastern Time the Soyuz MS-09 delivering a
multinational crew to the International Space Station for more than a half year
in space, docking occurring over eastern China at an altitude of 255 statute miles
You're looking inside the vestibule connecting the Rassvet module
to the Soyuz spacecraft and we see motion and the Soyuz hatch now swinging
open at 10:17 a.m. Central time 11:17 a.m. Eastern Time.
First in Sergey Prokopyev, his first moments inside the International Space
Station and applause from the balcony from those gathered here in the Russian Mission Control Center
Prokopyev was the 230 first human to board the
International Space Station followed by Alexander Gerst with a return trip
inside the station and Serena Aunon-Chancellor number 232 onboard the
International Space Station her first moments being greeted by her NASA
colleague and station commander Drew Feustel.
Friends and colleagues, we are on the ISS everything is great we had a warm welcome we like everything and we
start our work as part of the new expedition 56 57. L tires are here with
the Hawaii.
This is Mr. Stanner from Roscosmos. Congratulations on behalf of
Roscosmos and all the contractors this was the first stage of a mission wishing you all the
best good luck good health and performing all the missions from NASA
Y'all look great on orbit the new crew looks great you guys look all fresh
excited and ready to go to work and the the experienced crew that's been there
for a while they look like they're really ready to work with you guys and
have a great time on orbit so enjoying your time onboard station have a great
time if you need anything from the ground let us know we're here to help
you so again just have sometime on board station you guys all
look great and we've got a busy campaigning for you lots of research
have fun and enjoy Space Station now turn now turning now over to David
Parker from ESA. Hello this is David Parker from you from ESA
it's great to see you all aboard the space station I would like to give you
the congratulations of the Director General Yan Verner and all the family of
ESA that are supporting you and all of the crew aboard the space station
you actually look even more happy now than when you were preparing to launch
so have a great mission in doing a really important work and we appreciate
everything you're doing for every all of us back here on earth Thank You.
You look fantastic it's great to finally see that great smile of yours we miss you
can't wait to talk to you later and I love you. Hi Jeff hi everybody so good to
hear your voice it was quite the ride up here it was
amazing I hope it was just as amazing to watch it there and it's so good to hear
from you I love you guys very very much
Hi Serena, it's Santino's I can't believe you're in space today's awesome hi
Hi Serena, it's Christine you're amazing we're so excited in such an amazing time
I'm so proud of you love you. Awesome love you guys too. Hi Serena it's Maria
I'm so glad you guys made it you look awesome you an the rest of the crew looks
fantastic and I love you and I'll talk to you later.
Thanks Marie about my Serena's chat hi it's cha cha I love you look great I
love you and I love you have the best hairstyle up there I love how your hair
ponytails actually try to leave your body I love you take care thanks jack I
love you hey Jane is Jeff you have to do me a favor and take your hair out of the
ponytail so we can see how big it is up there. All right that's in works.
Hey Jeff, it's Alex, I think I feel a little discriminated here.
Hi Serena it's Christine, Papi Doug came back what's that he's really really
sorry that he's not here to share this with you but that he loves you very much
he's very proud of your journey and then he wants to know where he can get a
Hawaiian shirt. I think your dad would like those Hawaiian shirts tell mom and
dad I love them very much and I knew their with me the whole time they're in
Houston watching for Mission Control as well as all my other friends and family
out there I know you're there I know you're watching and it means a lot to me
thank you very much. Guys, thank you for the video. They're
ending here. Hope you found a good new home up there. Thank you