00:01Here on your screen, you can see on the left, that is the space station's robotic arm that NASA astronaut
00:06Matthew Dominick is going to be controlling.
00:08He's going to push that into Cygnus and grapple onto it.
00:18NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps is assisting him, serving as his second set of eyes.
00:24You'll also hear her call down to the crew in mission control.
00:28The astronauts do have the go from ground teams here on Earth to proceed with capture.
01:25NASA astronaut John
02:53We're in step 4.2 and we're waiting to capture for lighting condition.
02:58Houston copies.
03:21The crew is standing by for better lighting conditions.
03:25We did just recently exit that orbital nighttime and are into that orbital daytime right now.
03:34This is a live view of Cygnus and the robotic arm on the left.
03:39The robotic arm has not started to move yet.
03:41Again, the crew is waiting for better lighting conditions.
04:24At the end of the robotic arm is the Lee.
04:27That's the latching end effector, the hand of the arm.
04:31There are latches and snares that are going to grab onto the target.
04:36NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick is going to maneuver that arm so that it can grab onto the...
04:43We're ready with the lighting and we can complete step 4.2 on your go.
04:49Houston copies.
04:50Go for it.
04:54Houston izody.
04:55Georges tiene 804.4.
04:55UR.
05:51NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps on board the space station confirmed that they are good to proceed with capture. However, the
05:59robotic arm is not currently moving yet. You are seeing live views of that capture on your screen right now.
06:18And we have confirmed movement. The crew is pushing in the robotic arm to Cygnus.
06:33We do have a camera at the end of that lee or the latching end effector.
06:39You are seeing live views now as NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick pushes in the robotic arm to Cygnus.
06:52The circle towards the bottom is actually the grapple target. Dominick is going to be aiming for that horizontal bar
07:00just above it.
07:04The fixtures on the robotic arm are going to engage with that circular pinwheel shape that is directly below the
07:11horizontal bar.
07:25Two meters away.
07:45One meter.
08:34Two.
08:35Eleven a.m. central time.
08:373.11 a.m. Eastern Time, while the space station flew over the South Atlantic Ocean, Northrop
08:44Grumman's 21st Commercial Resupply Service mission was successfully captured at the hands
08:50of NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick.
09:04The Cygnus cargo spacecraft, as you see on your screen, is now securely attached to the
09:10space station's robotic arm.
09:18Next up is going to be the installation of the Cygnus spacecraft.
09:23That is actually going to be done by the ground team here in Mission Control Houston.
09:31For now, NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick and Jeanette Epps are relieved from their duties,
09:38will go on to their tasks for the day.
09:40We are going to take a brief break on our coverage, and we will be back for that installation.
10:19All right.
10:30This is a long-term line.
10:31We are going to take a brief break on our next panel, our next one, our next project will
10:40We are there in the near future, which is what you would like to be the premier.
11:02We go for Cygnus post-capture reconfiguration, you know the space station brings a lot of
11:08visiting vehicles aboard, and we make it seem regular, but there's nothing regular about
11:13making one space station connect to another.
11:15It's incredible every single time.
11:17Welcome aboard the space station, Dick Scopey.
11:23Houston copies all and concurs.
11:25This has been an incredible effort from both our Northrop Grom and NASA teams, and all the
11:29way from mission planning and preparation leading up to launching, especially over the past
11:3248 hours of mission execution, outstanding work today to you all, and congrats on successfully
11:37capturing the 21st Cygnus and 50th visiting vehicle to the International Space Station.
11:41Why don't you all go celebrate with some ice cream?
11:46Did you say 50th?
11:47It's incredible.
11:48What an incredible group of teams from around the planet make this happen every single time.
11:52Thank you, guys.
12:20You heard wonderful congratulatory remarks.
12:27Northrop Grumman's Cygnus spacecraft, supporting the 21st, Northrop Grumman's 21st commercial
12:34resupply service mission to the International Space Station, has been successfully grappled
12:39at the hands of NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick, with NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps serving as his
12:45backup.
12:462.11 a.m. Central Time, 3.11 a.m. Eastern Time is our official time of capture.
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