Live broadcast: The connection is complete, a short ceremony was held and the work begins for Stiva and his friends

Eitan Stiva, the first Israeli on the International Space Station who also received an astronaut badge from the World Astronaut Association, said during the welcome ceremony held upon the arrival of the Ax-1 team at the International Space Station: "Welcome to the International Space Station! First time we have had the privilege of reporting from here in Hebrew, good luck to everyone and good luck to the sky !"

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17: 20 Update

The airlock opens, Steve and his friends enter the space station

Eitan Stiva entered the space station first, 17:20. Screenshot
Eitan Stiva entered the space station first, 17:20. Screenshot

17: 13 Update

The airlock between the spaceships opens. Soon the astronauts will leave for the space station

15:50

Docking done, now the AX-1 team members are about to enter the International Space Station

15: 30 Update

The ability to receive broadband transmissions back to the space station (depends on satellite links and ground antennas, which are not always available). Now SpaceX, the owners of the Dragon spacecraft, are transmitting the camera broadcasts through the NASA Space Center in Houston. Now you can also see images of the AX-1 Crew Dragon spacecraft from a close distance. Now the connection process will be renewed, which will still require time.

Close to 15:30 p.m. - the connection between the spacecraft was restored through the ground stations, and the connection process was started with a delay of about two hours. Screenshot
Close to 15:30 p.m. - the connection between the spacecraft was restored through the ground stations, and the connection process was started with a delay of about two hours. Screenshot

15: 00 Update

A video routing problem on the International Space Station has slowed the docking of the private SpaceX Ax-1 space mission to the International Space Station.

The station crew is unable to see video from the centerline camera of the Crew Dragon capsule carrying Ax-1 members, which is required to proceed with the docking that was scheduled for 14:45 p.m. The Crew Dragon capsule Endeavor is now 20 meters from the station and parked. She can stay in this position for about two hours. As mentioned, about two more hours after the connection, the team members from both sides will meet.

13: 00 Update

The Ax-1 astronauts in Dragon can see the video from their spacecraft's camera, as can the space station and SpaceX flight controllers on the ground. The problem appears to only affect the astronauts on the International Space Station at the moment.

Today at 14:45, the Dragon spacecraft will dock at the International Space Station. About two hours after the docking, with the comparison of the pressures between the spacecraft and the space station, at 16:35 the Ax-1 team and their son, the Israeli astronaut Eitan Stiva, will enter the International Space Station. There they will be welcomed by the seven astronauts staying at the station, in a traditional ceremony held when new astronauts enter the space station. The International Space Station commander, Thomas Marshburn, and the Ax-1 mission commander, Michael Lopez Alegria, will speak at the ceremony.

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