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SpaceX Crew-7 Mission Docks to Station’s Harmony Module · Elon Musk Podcast

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  Hi everybody and welcome back to the Elon Musk podcast, where we
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  cover all things SpaceX, Tesla and beyond.
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  Today, we're going to be discussing the recent arrival of
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  Crew 7 to the International Space Station, a landmark moment
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  in the realm of international cooperation and space
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  exploration. CREW 7 comprises astronauts and
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  cosmonauts from NASA, the European Space Agency, the Japan
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  Aerospace Exploration Agency, and Ras Cosmos.
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  They touch down on the space station aboard the SpaceX Dragon
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  spacecraft, aptly named Endurance, and in today's
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  episode, we'll unpack the details of their mission,
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  explore the docking process, and assess what their arrival
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  heralds for the future of global cooperation in space.
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  But before we venture further into the cosmos, let's hear from
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  Now before we discuss the Crew 7 mission, let's set the stage by
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  talking a bit about the Falcon 9 rocket and the Dragon
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  spacecraft. Both are engineered by SpaceX
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  Falcon 9. The two stage rocket has truly
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  revolutionized space travel. Designed to be reusable, this
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  innovation drastically cuts the cost of sending payloads,
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  whether they be satellites, supplies or humans, into space.
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  In the first stage of the Falcon 9, rocket is capable of
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  returning to Earth and landing vertically, allowing it to be
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  used for future missions. This isn't just a step forward,
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  it's a giant leap for the economics of space exploration.
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  Now the Dragon spacecraft specifically for human crude
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  missions. We're dealing with the Crude
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  Dragon, an autonomous spacecraft designed to transport astronauts
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  to and from the International Space Station.
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  And the Dragon spacecraft is unique in many ways.
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  It's one of the few spacecraft with touchscreen controls
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  instead of a plethora of switches and buttons and crew.
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  Dragon also comes with life support systems to ensure the
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  astronauts are kept in optimal conditions during their voyage.
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  Let's not forget Dragon was the first commercially built crude
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  spacecraft to go to the ISS. Now, the Dragon spacecraft,
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  Endurance successfully docked with the International Space
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  Station at 9:16 AM Eastern on a recent Sunday, and the ISS was
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  orbiting 261 miles above Queensland, Australia at the
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  time. And after docking, Crew 7 and
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  the current inhabitants of the ISS began the meticulous process
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  of conducting standard leak checks and pressurization, which
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  culminated in the Dragons hatch opening at 10:59 AM.
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  This marks a significant point in the mission, as Crew 7
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  officially joined the space station's crew and the current
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  members of Expedition 69, including NASA astronauts, some
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  people from the UAE, also people from Russia, and now people from
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  Japan. Which is great because it's an
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  international smorgasbord of astronauts in the space station.
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  For a brief period, the ISS will become even more cosmopolitan
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  than it usually is, housing 11 people until crew Six members
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  Bowen, Hoberg, Anyati and Fedyev return to Earth a few days
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  later. Now they're scheduled undocking
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  and return to Earth. Make room for the new team to
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  settle in and get down to business and the new crew
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  representing the US, Japan, Russia, and is already getting
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  acquainted with life in microgravity.
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  They're also being briefed on safety procedures, emergency
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  hardware locations, and more. And on Monday afternoon, these
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  newly arrived flight engineers from Expedition 69 were briefed
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  by Station Commander Sergey Prok Piev of Roscosmos and flight
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  engineer Sultan and Yati of the UAE.
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  And the crew is expected to live and work 260 miles above Earth
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  for the next six months, contributing to ongoing
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  experiments and possibly participating in space walks.
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  Now another set of astronauts is also preparing for departure.
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  NASA astronaut Stephen Bowen, the commander of the SpaceX
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  Dragon Endeavor spacecraft, will lead NASA pilot Woody Hoburg,
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  admissions specialist Anyati and Andrei Fedyav of Roscosmos in
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  the return to Earth In. This return journey is
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  tentatively scheduled for Saturday, September 2nd in a
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  skate speed edit this out and the spacecraft is expected to
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  splash down off the coast of Florida.
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  Meanwhile, the station's other two crew members, Frank Rubio of
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  NASA and Dimitri Petlian of Roscosmos, are not lounging
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  around. They've been busy with a variety
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  of tasks aboard the ISS. Rubio recently checked a Dragon
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  pressure suit in the Endeavor spacecraft with assistance from
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  Enyadi. Pentlin, on the other hand,
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  conducted photographic inspections throughout the
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  station's Roscosmos segment and wrapped up his day with a vision
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  test and exercise. Now, there's so much happening
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  on the ISS, and it's a testament to the capabilities of
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  international edit this out. There's so much happening on the
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  ISS, and it's a testament to the capabilities of international
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  cooperation in advancing our understanding of life in space.
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  And whether it's the technology that makes docking A spacecraft
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  with the ISS possible or the collaborative experiments that
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  are conducted aboard, these missions are a showcase of what
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  humanity can achieve when we all work together.
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  So that's it for today, everybody.
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  Hope it's been enlightening, and I hope you enjoyed the episode
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  about the International Space Station, the Crew Dragon, and
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  also the Falcon 9 and all the astronauts on board the ISS.
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  Now, thank you for tuning into the show today.
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