
TheSpaceXCrewDragonEndeavourdocked with theInternationalSpaceStation(ISS) early Saturday, a live stream showed.
Soft capture — the first phase of docking — occurred at 5:08 am Eastern time (0908 GMT), 264 miles (424 kilometers) over the south Indian Ocean.
Hard capture, the second stage, occurred about 10 minutes later, when 12 hooks were securely attached betweenEndeavourand theISS's forward port.
"Hard capture complete, welcomeCrew-2," said US astronaut Shannon Walker, current commander of theISS.
"Thanks Shannon, we're glad to be here, we'll see you all in a few minutes," repliedEndeavour's commander, US astronaut Shane Kimbrough.
The vestibule between the capsule is now being pressurized so that the hatches of bothEndeavourand thespacestation can be opened.
The hatches should be opened around 7:15 am (1115 GMT), with a welcoming ceremony to follow at 7:45 am.
TheCrew-2 mission, which includes the first European, Thomas Pesquet of France, blasted off from pad 39A at the KennedySpaceCenter in Florida before dawn on Friday.
Endeavouris carrying the thirdcrewsent to theISSbySpaceX, as part of the company's multibillion dollar contract withNASA. It's alsoEndeavour's second trip to theISS.
It first flew there on the Demo-2 mission in May 2020, which ended almost a decade of US reliance on Russia for rides to theISSfollowing the end of theSpaceShuttle program.