SpaceX launched NASA's Crew-6 mission to the International Space Station from Florida on 3rd March 2023.

On Friday, March 3 at 1:40 a.m. ET, SpaceX’s Dragon autonomously docked with the International Space Station. Approximately 25 hours earlier at 12:34 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched the spacecraft and Crew-6 to orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida

* SpaceX's Crew-6 astronaut mission arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) early Friday morning (March 3, 2023).

* Crew-6's Dragon capsule, named Endeavour, docked with the ISS's Harmony module at 1:40 a.m. EST (0640 GMT) on Friday (March 3, 2023), while the two spacecraft were flying off the coast of Somalia at an altitude of 261 miles (420 kilometers).

* Crew-6 was positioned to dock about an hour earlier than that, but Endeavour stood down while SpaceX troubleshot a faulty sensor with one of the 12 hooks that helps the capsule connect to the ISS. Eventually, ground teams beamed up a software override that fixed the sensor problem, and Endeavour pulled off a successful rendezvous.

* "After a brief scenic detour, welcome to the International Space Station!" SpaceX's David Hwang told the Crew-6 astronauts from mission control just after docking occurred.

* "We're happy to be here," Crew-6 commander "Stephen Bowen" responded.

* Bowen and his three crewmates — NASA's Woody Hoburg, the United Arab Emirates' Sultan Al Neyadi and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev — will float aboard the ISS around 3:18 a.m. EST (0518 GMT) on Friday (3rd March 2023), when the hatches between the two spacecraft are opened..

Source : Space