A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off the pad at Launch Complex 39A at 12:34 a.m. EST on March 2, 2023, carrying the Dragon spacecraft Endeavour for NASAs Crew-6 objective to the International Space Station. Aboard Dragon are NASA astronauts, Stephen Bowen, spacecraft commander, and Warren Hoburg, pilot, along with objective experts Sultan Alneyadi, UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut, and Andrey Fedyaev, Roscosmos cosmonaut. Credit: NASA
Crew members designated to NASAs SpaceX Crew-6 objective are in orbit following their effective launch to the International Space Station (ISS) at 12:34 a.m. EST Thursday from Launch Complex 39A at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The worldwide team is the firms sixth business team rotation objective with SpaceX aboard the orbital laboratory.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket moved the Dragon spacecraft, named Endeavour, into orbit carrying NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren Hoburg, in addition to United Arab Emirates (UAE) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, for a science expedition aboard the area station.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soars upward after liftoff from the pad at Launch Complex 39A at 12:34 a.m. EST on March 2, 2023, carrying the Dragon spacecraft Endeavour for NASAs Crew-6 mission to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Kevin Davis
” Congratulations to the NASA and SpaceX groups for another history-making mission to the International Space Station! The Commercial Crew Program is proof American ingenuity and leadership in area advantages all of mankind– through groundbreaking science, innovative technology, and newfound partnership,” said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. “Crew-6 will be hectic aboard the International Space Station, performing over 200 experiments that will assist us to prepare for objectives to the Moon, Mars, and beyond, as well as improve life here on Earth. We anticipate seeing all that they achieve.”
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket raises off the pad at Launch Complex 39A at 12:34 a.m. EST on March 2, 2023, bring the Dragon spacecraft Endeavour for NASAs Crew-6 objective to the International Space Station. NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agencys site will supply live coverage of docking and hatch opening. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off the pad at Launch Complex 39A at 12:34 a.m. EST on March 2, 2023, carrying the Dragon spacecraft Endeavour for NASAs Crew-6 objective to the International Space Station.” For more than 2 years, people have actually continually lived and worked aboard the International Space Station,” said Kathryn Lueders, associate administrator for NASAs Space Operations Mission Directorate in Washington. The very first submarine officer ever picked to be a NASA astronaut, who flew on three space shuttle objectives in less than 2 and a half years, is the leader of NASAs SpaceX Crew-6 objective to the International Space Station.
During Dragons flight, SpaceX will keep track of a series of automatic spacecraft maneuvers from its mission control center in Hawthorne, California, and NASA groups will keep track of spaceport station operations throughout the flight from the Mission Control Center at the firms Johnson Space Center in Houston.
Dragon will dock autonomously to the space-facing port of the stations Harmony module around 1:17 a.m., Friday, March 3. NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agencys website will supply live coverage of docking and hatch opening. NASA TV likewise will cover the ceremony to invite the team aboard the orbital outpost about 3:40 a.m
. Once aboard station, Crew-6 will sign up with 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 brief time, the 11 team members will live and work in space together till Crew-5 members Mann, Cassada, Wakata, and Kikina go back to Earth a few days later.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket takes off the pad at Launch Complex 39A at 12:34 a.m. EST on March 2, 2023, bring the Dragon spacecraft Endeavour for NASAs Crew-6 mission to the International Space Station. Aboard Dragon are NASA astronauts, Stephen Bowen, spacecraft leader, and Warren Hoburg, pilot, along with objective experts Sultan Alneyadi, UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut, and Andrey Fedyaev, Roscosmos cosmonaut. Crew-6 is the 6th team rotation objective with SpaceX to the station, and the seventh flight of Dragon with individuals as part of the agencys Commercial Crew Program. Credit: NASA
Carrying out new clinical research, Crew-6 will help get ready for human expedition beyond low-Earth orbit and advantage life on Earth. Experiments will include research studies of how specific products burn in microgravity, tissue chip research on brain, heart, and cartilage functions, and an examination that will collect microbial samples from the beyond the area station. These are just some of the hundreds of science experiments and technology presentations that will take place during their objective.
” For more than twenty years, people have actually continually lived and worked aboard the International Space Station,” stated Kathryn Lueders, associate administrator for NASAs Space Operations Mission Directorate in Washington. “Commercial Crew Program missions like Crew-6 are necessary so we can continue to maximize the essential research possible just in the spaceport stations special microgravity environment. Congratulations to the NASA and SpaceX teams on an effective launch! I am eagerly anticipating seeing the crew safely aboard the station.”
The Crew-6 mission makes it possible for NASA to maximize usage of the spaceport station, where astronauts have actually lived and worked constantly for more than 22 years checking technologies, performing science, and establishing the abilities needed to operate future industrial locations in low-Earth orbit and check out further from Earth. Research study carried out on the area station provides benefits for people in the world and leads the way for future long-duration trips to the Moon and beyond through NASAs Artemis objectives.
The first submarine officer ever chosen to be a NASA astronaut, who flew on 3 space shuttle bus missions in less than 2 and a half years, is the leader of NASAs SpaceX Crew-6 mission to the International Space Station. Meet Steve Bowen, a Massachusetts native and graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, and hear him speak about his youth and a Navy profession that led to 3 building and construction journeys to area (and seven spacewalks!), and his excitement about returning to the area station to take part in the science mission that is leading the way for future expedition beyond low Earth orbit. Credit: NASA
Meet Crew-6
This will be Bowens fourth journey into area as a veteran of 3 area shuttle bus objectives: STS-126 in 2008, STS-132 in 2010, and STS-133 in 2011. Bowen has actually logged more than 40 days in area, consisting of 47 hours, 18 minutes during seven spacewalks. As mission commander, he will be accountable for all stages of flight, from launch to re-entry. He will work as an Expedition 68-69 flight engineer aboard the station.
Bowen was born in Cohasset, Massachusetts. He holds a bachelors degree in electrical engineering from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, and a masters degree in ocean engineering from the Joint Program in Applied Ocean Science and Engineering provided by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Falmouth, Massachusetts. In July 2000, Bowen became the very first submarine officer selected as an astronaut by NASA
And now, pilot of NASAs Crew-6 mission to the International Space Station. A childhood dream of flying in space is about to come true for Pennsylvania native Woody Hoburg; join him for a look at his incredible course of aeronautics and engineering and computer system science and robotics– and time as an EMT with Yosemite Search and Rescue– that has actually brought him to a launch pad in Florida for the culmination of a dream of a lifetime. Credit: NASA.
The objective will be Hoburgs first flight given that his selection as an astronaut in 2017. As pilot, he will be responsible for spacecraft systems and performance. Aboard the station, he will function as an Expedition 68-69 flight engineer.
Hoburg is from Pittsburgh. He earned a bachelors degree in aeronautics and astronautics from MIT and a doctorate in electrical engineering and computer technology from the University of California, Berkeley. At the time of his choice as an astronaut, Hoburg was an assistant professor of aeronautics and astronautics at MIT. Hoburgs research focused on effective methods for design of engineering systems. He likewise is an industrial pilot with instrument, single-engine, and multi-engine scores.
Alneyadi will be making his very first journey to space, representing the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center of the UAE. Alneyadi is the first UAE astronaut to fly on a commercial spacecraft. When aboard the station, he will become a flight engineer for Expedition 68-69.
Fedyaev will be making his very first trip to space, and also will serve as a mission professional, working to keep track of the spacecraft during the vibrant launch and re-entry phases of flight. He will be a flight engineer for Expedition 68-69.