Ax-2 Mission | Approach and Docking

On Monday, May 22 at 9:12 a.m. ET, SpaceX’s Dragon autonomously docked with the International Space Station. Approximately 15.5 hours earlier at 5:37 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched the spacecraft and Ax-2 to orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

During their time on the orbiting laboratory, the crew will conduct over 20 science and technology experiments in areas such as human physiology, physical sciences, and STEAM to help expand knowledge to benefit life on Earth in areas such as healthcare, materials, technology development, and enable industrial advances.

[beibei]

this is what humanity should be about, science, unity and exploration, not wars, power grab and greed.

[thedarkside]

29:05 Approach & Docking:

49:33//52:00//1:15:34 Beautiful views,
1:28:59 Draco thrusters firing,
1:43:30 10 meters (no views),
1:44:33 5 meters (no views),
1:45:12 2 meters (no views),
1:45:24 1 meters (no views),
1:45:45 Docking/soft capture completed (no views),
1:56:38 Hard capture completed (no views),
2:15:33//2:22:23 Dragon and the ISS,
3:33:47 Hatch opening,
3:48:57 Entering the ISS.

[skh]

Amazing approach, docking, and greeting ceremony! Eleven astronauts on the International Space Station at the same time. WOW, it gives me great happiness and chills of pride in USA, NASA, SpaceX, and the countries of Russia, Saudi Arabia and The United Emerites for working together for the betterment of the WORLD in space. Terrific job, astronauts!!!

[GerbenWijnja]

Aww, the pinning of the 598th, 599th and 600th astronauts was beautiful and you could tell it was an emotional moment. Congratulations to everyone.

[mahmoudhafez]

وجودكوا ف المحطة فخر وشرف لينا جميعا والله
وتحدثكم بالعربية ف الاول اجمل حاجة ف البث
وربنا يوفقكوا وترجعوا بالسلامة 🥰

[happyhome]

How proud so many people must be of all the accomplishments this moment represents, and the huge potential represented by this collection of humans, machines, and infrastructure. BRAVO !

[LoanwordEggcorn]

1:47:16 Commander Peggy Whitson said "That's the softest docking I've ever had." Most people probably won't understand that's due to SpaceX's work on software, specifically software that models the physical world, including actuators, engines, etc. Same reason their landings have gotten a lot smoother. And it's possibly related to Tesla's work on Autopilot.

[thespacepeacock]

Congrats to SpaceX, Axiom, NASA and ofcourse the Ax-2 crew! Hope they have fun up there

[ejicon]

Freaking incredible. I mean, I'm still amazed every time I see a commercial airline taking off let alone a rocket blasting people into outer space and docking onto the ISS that's the size of a football field? Amazing!

[bernieshort]

I watched Dragon fly over my house on the night of the launch, here in Plymouth UK. It was about 20 minutes after take-off, and it came up fast (ish) but slow compared to when it was directly overhead of us and then it seemed to increase at a rate of knots out of view to the northeast I believe. It was such an amazing moment and my first. My twin brother who lives with me has often gone out to watch the space station go over and I didn't think it could be so clear. Go SpaceX and go Ax-2, I hope you have a successful mission.

[gbrand]

Was so cool to see you launch yesterday from Florida and then go outside my house on the South coast of the UK and see you fly over a little later. Have a great mission

[nsu]

How exciting to watch other people watching what we can't!

[jjosborne]

@2:15:25 What a beautiful view! I would love to personally see the sunrise from that height.

[jamesaylward]

Congratulations guys and well done space x for another fantastic flight 🚀

[shaunkerronabel]

its a shame people on earth cant be as friendly, good luck to all of you

[Drkngl]

The best thing to see is that it doesn't matter where you come from or what religion you belong to, WE are ALL human beings.

[StereoSpace]

Congratulations to everyone involved in this. Private astronauts...this really is the 21st century!

[garybarker]

Shame that there was no video of the docking.

[Edward-tzxz]

Great job. I comment that the main female voice heard during the operation was particularly clear and articulate. Really appreciated by us old guys.

[peace-to-the-world]

You guys and girls are awesome!
Humanity proud of you