Author Topic: SpaceX F9 / Crew Dragon : Crew-6 : KSC LC-39A : 2 Mar 2023 (05:34 UTC)  (Read 214827 times)

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Discussion thread for Crew-6 mission.

Crew Dragon Endeavour

Planned for late February 2023


https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/two-astronauts-receive-assignments-for-nasa-s-spacex-crew-6-mission

NASA has assigned two crew members to launch on the agency’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission – the sixth crew rotation flight aboard a Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station.

NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg will serve as spacecraft commander and pilot, respectively, for the mission. The agency’s international partners will assign additional crew members as mission specialists in the future.

The mission is expected to launch in 2023 on a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Bowen, Hoburg, and the international crew members will join an expedition crew aboard the space station.

This will be Bowen’s fourth trip into space as a veteran of three space shuttle missions: STS-126 in 2008, STS-132 in 2010, and STS-133 in 2011. Bowen has logged more than 40 days in space, including 47 hours, 18 minutes during seven spacewalks. He was born in Cohasset, Massachusetts. He holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, and a master’s degree in ocean engineering from the Joint Program in Applied Ocean Science and Engineering offered by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Falmouth, Massachusetts. In July 2000, Bowen became the first submarine officer selected as an astronaut by NASA.

Hoburg was selected by NASA as an astronaut in 2017 and this will be his first trip to space. He is from Pittsburgh and earned a bachelor’s degree in aeronautics and astronautics from MIT and a doctorate in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of California, Berkeley. At the time of his selection as an astronaut, Hoburg was an assistant professor of aeronautics and astronautics at MIT. Hoburg's research focused on efficient methods for design of engineering systems. He also is a commercial pilot with instrument, single-engine, and multi-engine ratings.

NASA’s Commercial Crew Program works with the American aerospace industry to provide safe, reliable, and cost-effective transportation to and from the International Space Station on American-made rockets and spacecraft launching from American soil.

For more than 21 years, humans have lived and worked continuously aboard the International Space Station, advancing scientific knowledge and demonstrating new technologies, making research breakthroughs not possible on Earth. As a global endeavor, 244 people from 19 countries have visited the unique microgravity laboratory that has hosted more than 3,000 research and educational investigations from researchers in 108 countries and areas.

The station is a critical testbed for NASA to understand and overcome the challenges of long-duration spaceflight and to expand commercial opportunities in low-Earth orbit. As commercial companies focus on providing human space transportation services and developing a robust low-Earth orbit economy, NASA is free to focus on building spacecraft and rockets for deep space missions to the Moon and Mars.

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Find more information on NASA’s Commercial Crew Program at:

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https://twitter.com/Space_Station/status/1471588559245447177

https://twitter.com/Astro_Woody/status/1471594096137576455

« Last Edit: 02/27/2023 08:23 am by FutureSpaceTourist »

Offline Zed_Noir

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There will be a cosmonaut assigned to Crew-6 presumably?


So will CSA get a seat on the last operational Crew Dragon flight from the original CCtCap contract? Hopefully Jeremy Hanson finally get an ISS assignment if CSA have a seat for Crew-6.

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https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/ESA_astronaut_Andreas_Mogensen_set_to_return_to_space

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Danish ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen has been assigned a long-duration mission to the International Space Station and is expected to fly as the pilot of a Crew Dragon spacecraft in mid 2023 or early 2024.

Considering that Mogensen is the pilot for Crew-7 and also the backup pilot for Crew-6, I take this to mean that Crew-6 is scheduled for mid-2023.

This would mean there would be a pretty long gap between Crew-5 and Crew-6, but I'm guessing that's because NASA plans on doing Boe-CFT between those two missions.
« Last Edit: 03/28/2022 01:05 pm by scr00chy »

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Given that Nora Al Matrooshi and Mohammad Al Mulla are still training with Group 23 I guess it will be between Sultan Al Neyadi and a second mission for Hazza Al Mansouri ?
« Last Edit: 04/29/2022 01:31 pm by hektor »

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The Emerati astronaut will join Crew 6, but it doesn't seem that they will fly on SpaceX's Crew 6 mission. It seems they will fly on an Axiom crew mission. At least, that's how the news release seems to read.

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The Emerati astronaut will join Crew 6, but it doesn't seem that they will fly on SpaceX's Crew 6 mission. It seems they will fly on an Axiom crew mission. At least, that's how the news release seems to read.

Read up above, Axiom bought a Soyuz Seat and traded it to NASA for Crew Mission Seat.

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Thanks. I was wrong, then.

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Noura Al-Matrooshi and Mohammed Al-Mulla toured Launch Complex 39A with several NASA astronauts prior to the launch of the Crew-4 mission.
https://twitter.com/astro_birch/status/1520062040748052484
« Last Edit: 04/30/2022 01:25 pm by Conexion Espacial »
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Re: SpaceX F9 / Crew Dragon : Crew-6 : KSC LC-39A : Spring 2023
« Reply #10 on: 06/13/2022 02:20 pm »
SpaceX crew-6 members Stephen Bowen and @Astro_Woody participates in an exercise in a Cupola trainer in the systems engineering simulator in the Avionics Systems Laboratory at NASA's Johnson Space Center. CC: @ShuttleAlmanac..

https://twitter.com/SpaceGirlLina/status/1536349257858310145

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Re: SpaceX F9 / Crew Dragon : Crew-6 : KSC LC-39A : Spring 2023
« Reply #11 on: 06/14/2022 01:01 am »
SpaceX crew-6 mission member @Astro_Woody setting up the spacesuit and tools in the equipment lock of the Quest airlock at NASA Johnson Space Center..

https://twitter.com/SpaceGirlLina/status/1536396789812645890

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Re: SpaceX F9 / Crew Dragon : Crew-6 : KSC LC-39A : Spring 2023
« Reply #12 on: 06/15/2022 08:09 pm »
SpaceX crew-6 mission member @Astro_Woody posed for picture with astronaut @Astro_SEAL after filming the show: NASA's "DOWN TO EARTH" series.

https://twitter.com/SpaceGirlLina/status/1537105360846090240

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Re: SpaceX F9 / Crew Dragon : Crew-6 : KSC LC-39A : Spring 2023
« Reply #13 on: 06/27/2022 05:07 pm »
SpaceX crew-6 mission members @Astro_Woody and @Astro_Satoshi are seen while training in the equipment lock of the Quest airlock at NASA Johnson Space Center..

https://twitter.com/SpaceGirlLina/status/1541442739014758400


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Re: SpaceX F9 / Crew Dragon : Crew-6 : KSC LC-39A : Spring 2023
« Reply #14 on: 06/27/2022 09:09 pm »
Has there been any official announcement of Satoshi Furukawa in Crew-6 ?

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Re: SpaceX F9 / Crew Dragon : Crew-6 : KSC LC-39A : Spring 2023
« Reply #15 on: 06/27/2022 09:30 pm »
Has there been any official announcement of Satoshi Furukawa in Crew-6 ?

I have not heard anything. I had presumed that his seat went to the UAE astronaut so that there could also be a Russian (probably Fedyayev) on Dragon.

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Re: SpaceX F9 / Crew Dragon : Crew-6 : KSC LC-39A : Spring 2023
« Reply #16 on: 07/13/2022 10:21 am »
SpaceX crew-6 mission member Warren Hoburg wearing the Liquid Cooling and Ventilation Garment (LCVG) before conducting the Extravehicular activity (EVA) in NASA Johnson Space Center's Neutral Buoyancy Lab.

https://twitter.com/SpaceGirlLina/status/1547042017502384130

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Re: SpaceX F9 / Crew Dragon : Crew-6 : KSC LC-39A : Spring 2023
« Reply #17 on: 07/15/2022 01:57 pm »
Andrei Fedyayev confirmed for Crew-6

https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1547934199054622723

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Details from a NASA statement on crew assignments now that the seat barter agreement is formally completed.

NASA statement extract:

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With the agreement in place, NASA has assigned astronaut Frank Rubio to an upcoming mission as a flight engineer and member of the Expedition 68 crew, and Loral O'Hara as a flight engineer and member of the Expedition 69 crew. along with cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitry Petelin of Roscosmos, is scheduled to launch Wednesday, Sept, 21, on the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. O'Hara, along with cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub is scheduled to launch spring 2023 on the Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft.
Roscosmos has assigned cosmonaut Anna Kikina as a flight engineer and member of the Expedition 67/68 crew, and cosmonaut Andrei Fedyayev as a flight engineer and member of the Expedition 68/69 crew. Kikina, along with NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Koichi Wakata is targeted to launch on NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 in September from Launch Complex 39A at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. along with NASA astronauts Steve Bowen and Woody Hoburg are targeted to launch on NASA's SpaceX Crew-6 in spring 2023.
« Last Edit: 07/15/2022 02:40 pm by FutureSpaceTourist »

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Re: SpaceX F9 / Crew Dragon : Crew-6 : KSC LC-39A : Spring 2023
« Reply #18 on: 07/15/2022 04:57 pm »
Perfect. Now we just need confirmation of the selected Emirati astronaut and we have the full crew of Crew-6.

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Re: SpaceX F9 / Crew Dragon : Crew-6 : KSC LC-39A : Spring 2023
« Reply #19 on: 07/22/2022 01:01 pm »
Russian cosmonauts Anna Kikina and Andrey Fedyaev were assigned as crew members of SpaceX crew-5/6 to take part in the cross-flights missions. Both of them have completed the final qualification exam training activities at GCTC in Star City.

https://twitter.com/SpaceGirlLina/status/1548181843148623876

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