Pratik AgrawalA SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying the Crew-13 crew has safely docked at the International Space Station. Russian cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov is on board after a record fast flight.
Crew-13 mission reaches the orbital outpost
The Crew-13 mission has arrived at the International Space Station. A SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying the NASA crew docked successfully. Russian cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov is part of the team. The live broadcast showed the whole event. Docking took place at 2:05 Moscow time.
Roscosmos confirms the arrival
Roscosmos soon confirmed that Teteryatnikov had reached the station. The space agency shared the news in a post on its Telegram channel.
“Sergey Teteryatnikov has arrived at the ISS. Today, the Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying the Crew-13 mission team docked with the International Space Station,” Roscosmos said in a Telegram post.
Launch from Cape Canaveral
Crew Dragon lifted off on Thursday, October 1, at 11:10 a.m. Eastern time. That was 18:10 in Moscow. A Falcon 9 rocket carried it into space from Cape Canaveral in Florida. Teteryatnikov flew with NASA commander Jessica Watkins and pilot Luke Delaney. Joshua Kutryk, a mission specialist from the Canadian Space Agency, joined them.
A record fast trip
The flight from launch to docking took seven hours and 55 minutes. No American spacecraft has reached the station faster in its entire history.
Science on the crew’s schedule
The Crew-13 mission also brings a busy research plan, according to NASA. Some experiments will prepare future trips to the Moon and Mars. Other projects aim to help medicine on Earth. The astronauts and cosmonaut will study tissues grown from human stem cells. Those studies look for new ways to treat heart disease and Parkinson’s disease. The team will also examine blood circulation problems in weightlessness. They will grow plants in orbit as well.
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