We are proud to work with UAE on this historic fight opportunity that will send the first astronaut from an Arab nation on a long-term mission to the @Space_Station.This highlights our commitment to expand global access to microgravity.
Roskosmos announced who will fly on Crew Dragon, in addition to Kikina.Roskosmos: as part of cross flights on Crew Dragon, in addition to Kikina, Fedyaev will fly.07/25/2022 04:51 PM (updated: 07/25/2022 04:57 PM)MOSCOW, July 25 - RIA Novosti. In addition to Russian cosmonaut Anna Kikina and US astronaut Francisco Rubio, Russian Andrey Fedyaev and American Laurel O'Hara fly to the ISS as part of the cross-flight agreement , Roscosmos reported on Monday."In accordance with the agreement, NASA astronaut Francisco Rubio will go to the ISS on September 21, 2022 on the Russian manned spacecraft Soyuz MS-22, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina - no earlier than September 29, 2022 on the American manned spacecraft Crew Dragon (crew- 5)," the state corporation said on its Telegram channel. "In the spring of 2023, NASA astronaut Laurel O'Hara is scheduled to fly on the Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev on the Crew Dragon spacecraft (crew-6 mission)," Roscosmos said.The agreement with NASA provides for three flights of Russian cosmonauts on American manned spacecraft and three flights of American astronauts on Russian manned spacecraft. Flights should take place in 2022-2024.O'Hara trained last year in Russia with Russian cosmonauts Sergei Prokopiev and Dmitry Petelin.https://ria.ru/20220725/kosmos-1804831280.html
Crew-5 isn't launch yet but we already have nice pictures of Crew-6. SpaceX Crew-6 crew is : CDR : Stephen Bowen (4th flight)PLT : Warren Hoburgh (1st flight)MS-1 : Sultan Al Neyadi (1st flight)MS-2 : Andrei Fedyayev (1st flight)
NASA's Crew-6 during recent training at the Kennedy Space Center ahead of a visit to the Int'l Space Station in 2023. (Cdr. Stephen Bowen; Plt. Woody Hoburg; cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev and Sultan Al Neyadi of the UAE)
https://twitter.com/thesheetztweetz/status/1577720100966338585QuoteNASA's Stich says each new Falcon 9 booster in the SpaceX fleet brings "safety improvements" and "better inspections.""I think we might get a new booster again later on for Crew-6."On the launch webcast they said today’s booster would be reused for Crew-6.
NASA's Stich says each new Falcon 9 booster in the SpaceX fleet brings "safety improvements" and "better inspections.""I think we might get a new booster again later on for Crew-6."
The booster for Crew-6 May, or may not, be the B1077 used today for Crew-5 …Quote from: FutureSpaceTourist on 10/05/2022 06:00 pmhttps://twitter.com/thesheetztweetz/status/1577720100966338585QuoteNASA's Stich says each new Falcon 9 booster in the SpaceX fleet brings "safety improvements" and "better inspections.""I think we might get a new booster again later on for Crew-6."On the launch webcast they said today’s booster would be reused for Crew-6.
I wonder if Derrol Nail got confused with CRS-26? Would make more sense to me at least
This is not a futuristic spacecraft, in fact this is a centrifuge arm @usairforce . Here we simulate launch and landing profiles in the @SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule. The gravitational forces that we encounter can reach up to 5 G’s.