I'm confused here. I was talking about the Tunisian who's supposed to fly on Soyuz, not the UAE flight on Crew-6. ...
Quote from: kdhilliard on 09/01/2022 05:22 pmQuoting Wikipedia's SpaceX Crew-6 § Crew:QuoteMBRSC participation in this mission is a byproduct of a 2021 agreement between NASA and Axiom to fly a NASA astronaut, Mark T. Vande Hei, onboard Soyuz MS-18 (launch) and Soyuz MS-19 (return) in order to ensure a continuing American presence onboard the ISS. In return, Axiom received the rights to a NASA owned seat onboard SpaceX Crew-6. Axiom provided the flight opportunity to MBRSC professional crew member through an agreement with the United Arab Emirates Space Agency. Later the astronaut was confirmed to be Sultan Al Neyadi.That looks correct to me.I'm confused here. I was talking about the Tunisian who's supposed to fly on Soyuz, not the UAE flight on Crew-6. As far as I know, that has always been planned to be a 6-month flight, but I thought the Tunisian flight was going to be as a spaceflight participant. Sorry if I'm missing something.
Quoting Wikipedia's SpaceX Crew-6 § Crew:QuoteMBRSC participation in this mission is a byproduct of a 2021 agreement between NASA and Axiom to fly a NASA astronaut, Mark T. Vande Hei, onboard Soyuz MS-18 (launch) and Soyuz MS-19 (return) in order to ensure a continuing American presence onboard the ISS. In return, Axiom received the rights to a NASA owned seat onboard SpaceX Crew-6. Axiom provided the flight opportunity to MBRSC professional crew member through an agreement with the United Arab Emirates Space Agency. Later the astronaut was confirmed to be Sultan Al Neyadi.That looks correct to me.
MBRSC participation in this mission is a byproduct of a 2021 agreement between NASA and Axiom to fly a NASA astronaut, Mark T. Vande Hei, onboard Soyuz MS-18 (launch) and Soyuz MS-19 (return) in order to ensure a continuing American presence onboard the ISS. In return, Axiom received the rights to a NASA owned seat onboard SpaceX Crew-6. Axiom provided the flight opportunity to MBRSC professional crew member through an agreement with the United Arab Emirates Space Agency. Later the astronaut was confirmed to be Sultan Al Neyadi.
I'm confused too John. Let's get things straight:
Nah mate, you're rationalizing.If you were making logical deductions you'd be using phrases like "something, something therefore".The phrases you actually used were "assuming", "seems likely", "probably" - clear markers of speculation.Kindly cut it out.
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Am I correct in thinking that if Crew-7 flies in late 2023, it'll only have one U.S. crew member (Moghbeli) and Soyuz MS-23 will also only have one U.S. crew member (Caldwell)? So potentially their increment will be 2 U.S., 3 Russians, Mogensen of Denmark and possibly Furukawa of Japan or Hansen of Canada?Past precedent (at least during 7-crew ops) has typically seen 3 U.S. crew, 3 Russian crew and one IP. Is this expected to change?Also, flying in such close proximity to Artemis II, is Hansen definitively out of the running for the lunar-orbit mission? In other words, is he unquestioningly aimed at ISS and Kutryk/Sidey-Gibbons at Artemis?Apologies for the questions/speculation/rambling/curiosity.
Quote from: John_Marshall on 09/01/2022 08:56 pmQuote from: kdhilliard on 09/01/2022 05:22 pmQuoting Wikipedia's SpaceX Crew-6 § Crew:QuoteMBRSC participation in this mission is a byproduct of a 2021 agreement between NASA and Axiom to fly a NASA astronaut, Mark T. Vande Hei, onboard Soyuz MS-18 (launch) and Soyuz MS-19 (return) in order to ensure a continuing American presence onboard the ISS. In return, Axiom received the rights to a NASA owned seat onboard SpaceX Crew-6. Axiom provided the flight opportunity to MBRSC professional crew member through an agreement with the United Arab Emirates Space Agency. Later the astronaut was confirmed to be Sultan Al Neyadi.That looks correct to me.I'm confused here. I was talking about the Tunisian who's supposed to fly on Soyuz, not the UAE flight on Crew-6. As far as I know, that has always been planned to be a 6-month flight, but I thought the Tunisian flight was going to be as a spaceflight participant. Sorry if I'm missing something.I'm confused too John. Let's get things straight:- Crew-6's Sultan Al Neyadi's flight is a 6 months stay.- Crew-7's still got one seat unannounced yet (probably between Hansen and Furukawa).- Starliner-1 only has Epps assigned. We'll likely see an international partner in that 4th seat (Hansen or Furukawa)- Crew-8 and over, no assignments known yet.- MS-23 has O'hara confirmed. Caldwell-Dyson as backup.Now for the speculation zone:- MS-24 was thought to have Caldwell-Dyson as prime crew but its now looking like a Belarussian visitor for a short duration stay, with a Russian cosmonaut staying for a full year.- MS-25 would be the Tunisian woman for a short duration stay, with another Russian cosmonaut staying for a full year.- MS-26 would have 3 Russian cosmonauts.If its true, there would be no crew swap of NASA astronaut on Soyuz and Roscosmos cosmonaut on Dragon for quite a while.
Quote from: Ben E on 09/03/2022 05:20 amAm I correct in thinking that if Crew-7 flies in late 2023, it'll only have one U.S. crew member (Moghbeli) and Soyuz MS-23 will also only have one U.S. crew member (Caldwell)? So potentially their increment will be 2 U.S., 3 Russians, Mogensen of Denmark and possibly Furukawa of Japan or Hansen of Canada?Past precedent (at least during 7-crew ops) has typically seen 3 U.S. crew, 3 Russian crew and one IP. Is this expected to change?Also, flying in such close proximity to Artemis II, is Hansen definitively out of the running for the lunar-orbit mission? In other words, is he unquestioningly aimed at ISS and Kutryk/Sidey-Gibbons at Artemis?Apologies for the questions/speculation/rambling/curiosity. I think launch of space x crew 7 is going for early 2024 now Boeing starliner crew 1 I think is supposed to fly first but could be wrong. Someone please correct me if I’m wrong.
SpaceX Crew-7, Huginn mission patch, 2023ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen (DK) is scheduled to fly on a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station on its seventh crewed operational flight called Crew-7, the thirteenth overall Crew Dragon orbital flight. Flying with commander NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, Andreas will serve as spacecraft pilot - the first non-US astronaut assigned in this capacity. Two more crew members are to be named at a later date.The name of Andreas’s second mission to the Space Station is ‘Huginn’. Inspired by Norse mythology, the name is taken from one of two ravens who serve as helper spirits of the god Odin. Called Huginn and Muninn, these two birds sit on Odin’s shoulders and are sent flying across the world at dawn. They return at night to inform him of the many events they have seen and heard. In Old Norse, ‘Huginn’ means ‘thought’ and ‘Muninn’ means ‘mind’ or ‘memory’.The mission patch itself, designed by ESA graphic designer Karen Lochtenberg, is rendered in the red and white of the Danish flag, and ESA’s own ‘Deep Space Blue’ colour.The raven Huginn is depicted flying to the right, moving into the future as he glides over an Earth-rise horizon, which could also be seen as the Moon or Mars. His wing includes shading in the shape of Andreas’s homeland, Denmark, while the white of the wing’s highlight – referred to by the designer as the ‘swoosh’ – depicts the journey to the Space Station from Andreas’s birthplace in Copenhagen.Two stripes on Huginn’s back depict the distinctive solar arrays of the Station, and represent Andreas’s second spaceflight. Six stars in the background form a constellation that resembles the Viking symbol for 'safe travels'.Related article: Introducing Huginnhttps://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2022/08/SpaceX_Crew-7_Huginn_mission_patch_2023Image credit: ESA
The article clarifies also that the two Turkish astronauts should fly on Axiom-3.
What about Jeanette Epps? Has she been bumped from Starliner-1?
