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march 03, 2023 - NASA
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 Safely Enroute to International Space Station
Crew members assigned to NASA's #SpaceX #crew6 mission are in orbit following their successful launch to the International Space Station at 12:34 a.m. EST Thursday from Launch Complex 39A at #nasaskennedyspacecenter in #florida. The international crew are the agency's sixth commercial crew rotation mission with #SpaceX aboard the orbital laboratory.
A #SpaceXfalcon9 rocket propelled the Dragon spacecraft, named Endeavour, into orbit carrying #NASA astronauts #stephenbowen and #warrenhoburg, along with United Arab Emirates (UAE) astronaut #sultanalneyadi and Roscosmos cosmonaut #andreyfedyaev, for a science expedition aboard the space station.
"Congratulations to the #NASA and #SpaceX teams for another history-making mission to the International Space Station! The Commercial Crew Program is proof American ingenuity and leadership in space benefits all of humanity – through groundbreaking science, innovative technology, and newfound partnership," said #NASA Administrator #billnelson. "Crew-6 will be busy aboard the International Space Station, conducting over 200 experiments that will help us to prepare for missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond, as well as improve life here on Earth. We look forward to seeing all that they accomplish."
During Dragon's flight, #SpaceX will monitor a series of automatic spacecraft maneuvers from its mission control center in Hawthorne, California, and #NASA teams will monitor space station operations throughout the flight from the Mission Control Center at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston.
Dragon will dock autonomously to the space-facing port of the station's Harmony module around 1:17 a.m., Friday, March 3. #NASA Television, the #NASA app, and the agency's website will provide live coverage of docking and hatch opening. #NASA TV also will cover the ceremony to welcome the crew aboard the orbital outpost about 3:40 a.m.
Once aboard station, #crew6 will join the Expedition 68, consisting of #NASA astronauts Frank Rubio, Nicole Mann, and Josh Cassada, as well as JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Koichi Wakata, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev, Dmitri Petelin, and Anna Kikina. For a short time, the 11 crew members will live and work in space together until Crew-5 members Mann, Cassada, Wakata, and Kikina return to Earth a few days later.
Conducting new scientific research, #crew6 will help prepare for human exploration beyond low-Earth orbit and benefit life on Earth. Experiments will include studies of how particular materials burn in microgravity, tissue chip research on heart, brain, and cartilage functions, and an investigation that will collect microbial samples from the outside of the space station. These are just some of the hundreds of science experiments and technology demonstrations that will take place during their mission.
"For more than two decades, humans have continuously lived and worked aboard the International Space Station," said #kathrynlueders, associate administrator for NASA's Space Operations Mission Directorate in Washington. "Commercial Crew Program missions like #crew6 are essential so we can continue to maximize the important research possible only in the space station's unique microgravity environment. Congratulations to the #NASA and #SpaceX teams on a successful launch! I am looking forward to seeing the crew safely aboard the station."
The #crew6 mission enables #NASA to maximize use of the space station, where astronauts have lived and worked continuously for more than 22 years testing technologies, performing science, and developing the skills needed to operate future commercial destinations in low-Earth orbit and explore farther from Earth. Research conducted on the space station provides benefits for #people on Earth and paves the way for future long-duration trips to the Moon and beyond through NASA's Artemis missions.
Meet Crew-6
This will be Bowen's fourth trip into space as a veteran of three space shuttle missions: STS-126 in 2008, STS-132 in 2010, and STS-133 in 2011. Bowen has logged more than 40 days in space, including 47 hours, 18 minutes during seven spacewalks. As mission commander, he will be responsible for all phases of flight, from launch to re-entry. He will serve as an Expedition 68-69 flight engineer aboard the station.
Bowen was born in Cohasset, Massachusetts. He holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, and a master's degree in ocean engineering from the Joint Program in Applied Ocean Science and Engineering offered by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Falmouth, Massachusetts. In July 2000, Bowen became the first submarine officer selected as an astronaut by #NASA.
The mission will be Hoburg's first flight since his selection as an astronaut in 2017. As pilot, he will be responsible for spacecraft systems and performance. Aboard the station, he will serve as an Expedition 68-69 flight engineer.
Hoburg is from Pittsburgh. He earned a bachelor's degree in aeronautics and astronautics from MIT and a doctorate in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of California, Berkeley. At the time of his selection as an astronaut, Hoburg was an assistant professor of aeronautics and astronautics at MIT. Hoburg's research focused on efficient methods for design of engineering systems. He also is a commercial pilot with instrument, single-engine, and multi-engine ratings.
Alneyadi will be making his first trip to space, representing the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center of the UAE. Alneyadi is the first UAE astronaut to fly on a commercial spacecraft. Once aboard the station, he will become a flight engineer for Expedition 68-69.
Fedyaev will be making his first trip to space, and also will serve as a mission specialist, working to monitor the spacecraft during the dynamic launch and re-entry phases of flight. He will be a flight engineer for Expedition 68-69.
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