Crew-4 Mission | Approach and Docking

On Wednesday, April 27 at 3:52 a.m. ET, 7:52 UTC, Falcon 9 launched Dragon’s fourth science expedition mission (Crew-4) to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship.

Dragon will autonomously dock with the space station 16 hours later at approximately 8:15 p.m. ET (00:15 UTC April 28). Follow Dragon and the Crew-4 astronauts’ flight below.

During their time at the orbiting laboratory, the Crew-4 astronauts will conduct over 200 science experiments in areas such as materials science, health technologies, and plant science to prepare for human exploration beyond low-Earth orbit and benefit life on Earth.

Webcast coverage will resume approximately two hours prior to docking.

[thedarkside]

39:30//40:09 Approach & Docking:

56:43 draco thrusters firing,
1:52:20 5 meters (no view),
1:52:45 3 meters (no view),
1:52:59 2 meters (no view),
1:53:34 docking/soft capture completed + (1:54:03 with view),
2:03:49 hard capture completed,
3:24:51 hatch opening (no view),
3:30:40 entering the ISS.

[stantrisinhro]

This is like old pron with flashes of singular shots. But beep and beip call signs are very well designed.... These people are just confidence inspiring....

[rifkiardiansyah]

Accidentally played this video while im sleeping

[arandomperson]

Congrats Crew - 4! Always wonderful to see things like this live.

[densylek]

Wow, aerospace is an amazing critique for advancements.

[ImTheFatboy]

Hadnt really paid much attention to manned space flight in recent years. My brain still envisioned space shuttle launches from the 90s. It's so cool to see how much further it's progressed but at the same time how much is still the same but streamlined

[clevergirl]

Congrats! Crew-4, ISS, NASA, SpaceX for a flawless mission!
2022 is a really busy year for spaceflight.
A SpaceX launch every week, human spaceflight here and there, SLS Artemis 1, Starship orbital flight (hopefully) and that's just for the US!

[ordnaelshideout]

Congrats to Crew.4 and SpaceX, plus a big hooray for Samantha being back up there! You make us Italians proud!

[beachagilitydoglulu]

Congratulations to the SpaceX dragon freedom crew love to see this happening in real time

[karenbensongremp]

I watch the SpaceX Dragon launches from my backyard 35 minutes from Cape Canaveral in Winter Park, FL. It's amazing each time and now to see my first Space Station docking with Dragon, Wow! Congratulations Crew 4, SpaceX and NASA! God speed! I got hooked on Space and exploration as a child when I watched the Astronauts walk on the Moon from our new TV.

[Davidsavage]

Gotta real love that mission control .
Sure looks comfortable.

[dream.machine]

Way to go Crew-4! I'm so happy for SpaceX and NASA for making this possible.

[skynetd-termination]

SpaceX making the difficult look easy. Well done!

[MilaMeow]

Fell asleep and YouTube had this on autoplay. I had very space-related dreams

[abby]

Keren bnget yah mereka sudah merasakan zero gravity diluar angkasa, biarpun blum sampai ke planet lain tp saat ini sudah termasuk pencapaian yg luar biasa

[apachon]

i am here for the big smiles when they get in

[viperswhip]

This is always great to see, thank you.

[zapfanzapfan]

Go Samantha! Hope you brought the Star Trek uniform again! 🖖

[toddterrell]

Thank you Space X for doing the heavy lifting. You are serving the United States.

[fluriekfluriek]

Humanity continuing to make huge steps into space voyaging. Congrats!🍾