The Crew Dragon spacecraft with Russian cosmonaut Teteryatnikov successfully docked to the ISS in a record 7 hours 55 minutes

The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft with the crew of the NASA Crew-13 mission, which includes Russian cosmonaut Sergei Teteryatnikov, successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS), follows from the broadcast.

The docking of the manned spacecraft with the orbital complex took place at 2.05 Moscow time.

The Crew Dragon spacecraft with the crew of the Crew-13 mission, which includes Teteryatnikov, launched to the ISS on Thursday, October 1, at 11.10 East Coast time of the United States (18.10 Moscow time) from the Cape Canaveral Cosmodrome in Florida on a Falcon 9 launch vehicle. Together with the Russian, commander Jessica Watkins and pilot Luke Delaney from NASA, as well as a mission specialist from Canada, went into orbit space agency Joshua Kutrik.

The total flight time from launch to docking with the International Space Station was seven hours and 55 minutes, which became a record closing speed for American spacecraft in the entire history of the station's operation.

The crew's scientific program includes experiments to prepare for future missions to the Moon and Mars, as well as research in the interests of earthly medicine.