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Dragon performed a series of burns on its way to the space station
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Dragon is on track for docking with the space station at ~13:10 UTC
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Ax-2 heading into the Keep Out Sphere. Approach 1 to Waypoint 2 is next.
Source: @NASASpaceflight
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Draco Dancing.

Crew Dragon Freedom's Draco thrusters helping the spacecraft conduct her orbital ballet with the ISS.
Source: @NASASpaceflight
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SpaceX pinned «‍Watch Dragon and the Ax-2 astronauts dock with the space station → https://www.youtube.com/live/F6WLkE-KoRc Source: @SpaceX»
Dragon has been given a "go" to approach the space station
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Dragon is 10 meters from the space station; docking sequence will begin shortly
Source: @SpaceX
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Docking confirmed!
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Hard capture complete!

The Axiom-2 crew has successfully docked to the ISS. This flight has beat Crew-4's record for fastest Dragon docking with the ISS. While we wait for live views of Dragon to return, here are the control centers monitoring the mission.

Next up: Hatch opening. This process will take about 2 hours. Stay tuned for updates!

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For extra coverage on the Axiom-2 mission on the ISS, and detailed updates on Starship's road to the next test flight join SpaceX Chat today!

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Dragon Freedom with the Ax-2 crew on board is now visible again as the ISS enters an orbital sunrise.

Dragon has begun the pressurisation process which will allow them to open the hatch.

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Standing by for hatch opening...
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Hatch is open!
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The Axiom-2 crew has boarded the ISS. This brings the number of crew on space station to 11.

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Welcome aboard the Space Station #Ax2 crew!

They celebrated the moment with a welcome ceremony. The Ax-2 crew members were pinned with the Universal Astronaut Insignia which represents all space travelers.
Source: @Axiom_Space
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Targeting Tuesday, May 23 for Falcon 9’s launch of the Arabsat BADR-8 mission to geosynchronous transfer orbit from SLC-40 in Florida; weather is currently 25% favorable for liftoff → http://spacex.com/launches
Source: @SpaceX
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At this point in time, this looks to be the very last image captured on both camera and card.

However, my gut tells me that the imagery data captured in the destruction from liftoff may have been corrupted
Source: @_mgde_

🗿 Aftermath of camera
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