Crew-13 docks to International Space Station
Welcome to the International Space Station, Crew-13! After launching from Florida on , Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Colonel Joshua Kutryk and his crewmates, NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov, have reached the Station.
Crew-13's Dragon spacecraft docked with the Station at approximately . This sets a new record for the fastest launch to docking time by a SpaceX vehicle at 7 hours and 55 minutes.
Once the Dragon spacecraft docked with the International Space Station, the crew's first priority was to equalize the vehicle's pressure with that of the Station. They removed the spacesuits they wore for launch and performed a leak check. This process took about two hours. They then opened the hatch at .
Crew-13 was welcomed to the orbiting laboratory, officially joining Expedition 75 crewmembers already on board. After some well-deserved hugs and photos, the new arrivals got their first orientation to life in orbit, a safety briefing on their new home in space.
This marks the beginning of the fourth long-duration space mission for a CSA astronaut.