December 23, 2024

NASA and SpaceX Announce Update to Crew-6 Mission to the International Space Station

The four crew members that make up the SpaceX Crew-6 mission are seated inside the SpaceX Dragon team ship throughout a training session at the companys head office in Hawthorne, California. During a media teleconference on Tuesday, February 21, at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA supplied an update to NASAs SpaceX Crew-6 mission to the International Space Station. Managers from NASA and SpaceX, along with global partners, fulfilled throughout the day Tuesday as part of the missions Flight Readiness Review (FRR) in preparation for the sixth team rotation objective with SpaceX to the microgravity laboratory. NASAs SpaceX Crew-6 crewmates are imagined in front of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft during a crew devices combination test at SpaceXs headquarters in Hawthorne, California, last month.

The four team members that comprise the SpaceX Crew-6 objective are seated inside the SpaceX Dragon crew ship during a training session at the companys headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Seated from left in their spacesuits are, Mission Specialist Andrey Fedyaev, Pilot Warren “Woody” Hoburg, Commander Stephen Bowen, and Mission Specialist Sultan Alneyadi. Credit: SpaceX
During a media teleconference on Tuesday, February 21, at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA supplied an upgrade to NASAs SpaceX Crew-6 objective to the International Space Station. Supervisors from NASA and SpaceX, along with global partners, satisfied throughout the day Tuesday as part of the missions Flight Readiness Review (FRR) in preparation for the 6th crew rotation objective with SpaceX to the microgravity lab. The FRR focused on the preparedness of SpaceXs team transport system, the space station, and its global partners to support the flight, as well as the certification of flight readiness.
SpaceX Crew-6 astronauts pause for a photograph after reaching Kennedy Space Centers Launch and Landing Facility in Florida on Feb. 21, 2023. From left are Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, and NASA astronauts Warren “Woody” Hoburg and Stephen Bowen. Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
The Crew-6 launch will bring two NASA astronauts, Mission Commander Stephen Bowen and Pilot Warren “Woody” Hoburg, in addition to UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, who will act as objective specialists, to the space station for a science exploration mission. They will fly aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft Endeavour, brought by the companys Falcon 9 rocket.

Crew-6 will invest up to 6 months at the space station prior to going back to Earth. The objective marks the fourth spaceflight for Bowen, who flew area shuttle bus objectives STS-126 in 2008, STS-132 in 2010, and STS-133 in 2011. Crew-6 will be the very first spaceflight for Hoburg, Alneyadi, and Fedyaev.
NASAs SpaceX Crew-6 crewmates are imagined in front of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft throughout a team devices combination test at SpaceXs headquarters in Hawthorne, California, last month. From left, in their pressure matches, are: Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, NASA astronauts Warren “Woody” Hoburg and Stephen Bowen, and UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi. Credit: SpaceX
On February 21, NASAs SpaceX Crew-6 flight team reported to NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida to start final preparations for their objective to the International Space Station.
NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren “Woody” Hoburg, UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev got to Kennedys Launch and Landing Facility at around 12:20 p.m. on February 21, after departing Ellington Field near the agencys Johnson Space Center in Houston.