Thomas Pesquet: Usually we clean up the Space Station on Saturday, but yesterday we had a new arrival: the SpaceX Cargo Dragon, so we spent all day unpacking.
Some experiments need immediate attention, so after unpacking we got to work on the science too! On my first mission Proxima, the SpaceX Cargo Dragon flew close to the Station and then we grabbed it with the robotic arm and manoeuvred it to its docking port. This is the new upgraded model that docks automatically (like the Russian Progress). It is very similar to the Crew Dragon that flew us here, but instead of people it brings up supplies!

Qui dit cargo ravitailleur, dit provisions et รฉquipements scientifiques. On a passรฉ le samedi ร  ranger : rรฉpertoriage minutieux avant ET aprรจs stockage, dรฉballage, tri, liaisons avec le Centre de contrรดle, course contre la montre pour transfรฉrer les boรฎtes de pรฉtri et autres รฉchantillons qui doivent รชtre conservรฉes dans les congรฉlateurs… Les opรฉrations ont mobilisรฉ tout l’รฉquipage, et chacun avait un rรดle bien prรฉcis pour ne pas se flotter dessus et perdre un temps prรฉcieux !

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