https://blogs.esa.int/exploration/crew-3-target-30-october-launch/QuoteFollowing Crew-4, the next US Commercial Crew flights are targeting September 2022 and March 2023 with the specific commercial partner to be determined. [Oct 1]
Following Crew-4, the next US Commercial Crew flights are targeting September 2022 and March 2023 with the specific commercial partner to be determined. [Oct 1]
She's been assigned to the crew for training purposes as well. The reason she's not been added officially, I think, is that there's a small chance her seat could be taken by a cosmonaut. But I think the trade for this won't be in place in time.
NASA update now includes information on Jeanette Epps: She "remains assigned to NASA’s Boeing Starliner-1 ... (but) is cross training with the team on the Crew Dragon system." My understanding is that if no Russian flies on Crew-5, Epps will get that seat
Anya Kikina, as part of Roscosmos-NASA cross flights, will fly to the ISS in the fall of 2022 as part of the crew of an American commercial spacecraft. Accordingly, we will include a NASA astronaut in our crew on the Soyuz MS manned spacecraft. [Dec 8]
https://www.roscosmos.ru/33753/Google translate:QuoteIn accordance with the flight schedule approved by the State Corporation Roscosmos under the Russian program of the International Space Station, two launches of the Soyuz MS manned spacecraft from the Baikonur cosmodrome are planned in 2022. They will take place in the spring and autumn of this year.On March 18, at 18:55 Moscow time, the launch of the Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle with the Soyuz MS-21 manned transport vehicle is scheduled from the Baikonur cosmodrome. The main crew included three members of the Roscosmos cosmonaut corps at once: Oleg Artemiev, Denis Matveev and Sergei Korsakov. Their stand-ins are Sergei Prokopiev, Anna Kikina and Dmitry Petelin, respectively.The flight of the manned spacecraft will take place according to the "superfast" two-turn rendezvous scheme. The docking is planned to the new "Prichal" nodal module of the ISS Russian Segment, and the flight duration will be 195 days.The next manned launch from the Baikonur cosmodrome is scheduled for September 21 at 16:54 Moscow time. Its flight as part of the Russian segment of the station will last 188 days.In addition, Roskosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina will join the American crewed spacecraft Crew Dragon as part of cross-flights with the United States. The flight is scheduled to take place in September - October 2022. According to the astronaut, the preparation for a flight on an American spacecraft has its own peculiarities.“The most important feature is that you do not land on land if it is normal, but splash down on the water. <...> You are preparing for this. During the preparation, the peculiarity is that all the instructors speak to you in a language other than Russian, and teach in English, ”Kikina noted.As the cosmonaut specified, preparations for the flight on the spacecraft will take place in the United States. The first stage of training has already passed, the second will take place in the near future, already in 2022.
In accordance with the flight schedule approved by the State Corporation Roscosmos under the Russian program of the International Space Station, two launches of the Soyuz MS manned spacecraft from the Baikonur cosmodrome are planned in 2022. They will take place in the spring and autumn of this year.On March 18, at 18:55 Moscow time, the launch of the Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle with the Soyuz MS-21 manned transport vehicle is scheduled from the Baikonur cosmodrome. The main crew included three members of the Roscosmos cosmonaut corps at once: Oleg Artemiev, Denis Matveev and Sergei Korsakov. Their stand-ins are Sergei Prokopiev, Anna Kikina and Dmitry Petelin, respectively.The flight of the manned spacecraft will take place according to the "superfast" two-turn rendezvous scheme. The docking is planned to the new "Prichal" nodal module of the ISS Russian Segment, and the flight duration will be 195 days.The next manned launch from the Baikonur cosmodrome is scheduled for September 21 at 16:54 Moscow time. Its flight as part of the Russian segment of the station will last 188 days.In addition, Roskosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina will join the American crewed spacecraft Crew Dragon as part of cross-flights with the United States. The flight is scheduled to take place in September - October 2022. According to the astronaut, the preparation for a flight on an American spacecraft has its own peculiarities.“The most important feature is that you do not land on land if it is normal, but splash down on the water. <...> You are preparing for this. During the preparation, the peculiarity is that all the instructors speak to you in a language other than Russian, and teach in English, ”Kikina noted.As the cosmonaut specified, preparations for the flight on the spacecraft will take place in the United States. The first stage of training has already passed, the second will take place in the near future, already in 2022.
A new booster and "a Russian crew member" could be used for the Crew-5 mission, says NASA. At the moment the only confirmation that Anna Kikina will fly on this mission is from Roscosmos.https://twitter.com/StephenClark1/status/1483821747615023104
Quote from: Conexion Espacial on 01/19/2022 03:24 pmA new booster and "a Russian crew member" could be used for the Crew-5 mission, says NASA. At the moment the only confirmation that Anna Kikina will fly on this mission is from Roscosmos.https://twitter.com/StephenClark1/status/1483821747615023104I wonder if the new booster is the result of a Russia-imposed requirement (in the name of safety, I guess?) or if it's just a coincidence and a new booster has always been planned for this mission.
A maritime survival training was conducted at the NASA Johnson Space Center pool in anticipation of an emergency for a US commercial spacecraft. It was a very efficient and meaningful training opportunity, including the acquisition of collaborative techniques between the four crew members and the rescue team. Important environmental simulations such as ocean waves and winds, rainfall, and night visibility are realized.
