As we are getting closer to our mission, our training here at Hawthorne @SpaceX is intensifying. Lately I finished a very productive training week with my awesome crew commander Steve Bowen, Pilot Warren Hoburg “Woody” @Astro_Woody and mission specialist Andrei Fedyayev.
International partnership will be among the most important legacies of @Space_Station We build partnership on trust, and we build trust doing tough, realistic training together like simulated spacewalks in the #NeutralBuoyancyLab Here’s training with 3 different partner nations!
Thank you my friend @AstroDrewMorgan , well said! Proud to be your training partner. 🤜🏻🤛🏻
...NASA’s Crew-6 mission to the ISS, tentatively scheduled for as soon as February 2023.
NASA confirms that Crew-6 is now scheduled for February 2023, and Crew-7 in the fall of 2023. Starliner‘s first crewed test flight moves to April for ISS traffic considerations, and looks like no full-up crew rotation flight for Starliner until 2024.📸 @spacecoast_stve
Forgive the ignorant question, but is AlNeyadi considered a member of the USOS crew, or a stand-alone Axiom crew member? I didn't think UAE were members of the ISS Program, yet the training images suggest that AlNeyadi is also doing EVA training, which suggests he'll be a full USOS crew member. I'm just trying to get clear in my mind where the UAE now stands as a member/partial member of the ISS partnership.
https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2022/11/03/nasa-updates-commercial-crew-flight-manifest-to-space-station/QuoteNASA Updates Commercial Crew Flight Manifest to Space Station<snip>SpaceX Flight Date TargetsNASA and SpaceX are targeting mid-February 2023, for launch of the agency’s Crew-6 mission to the International Space Station.<snip>A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch Dragon and NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg, United Arab Emirates astronaut Sultan AlNeyadi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrei Fedyaev to the space station from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The crew will spend approximately six months on the space station, starting with a short handover with Crew-5, which arrived at the station in October for a science expedition at the microgravity laboratory.SpaceX certification and Falcon 9 hardware remain on track for the sixth crew rotation mission of the company’s human space transportation system and its seventh flight with NASA astronauts, including the Demo-2 test flight, to the space station.The Crew-6 mission will be Dragon Endeavour’s fourth flight to the space station, which previously supported the Demo-2, Crew-2, and Axiom Space (Ax-1) missions, making the spacecraft the fleet leader in number of flights to and from the station. The Dragon spacecraft currently is undergoing refurbishment at SpaceX’s Dragonland facility at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.<snip>Author James Cawley Posted on November 3, 2022
NASA Updates Commercial Crew Flight Manifest to Space Station<snip>SpaceX Flight Date TargetsNASA and SpaceX are targeting mid-February 2023, for launch of the agency’s Crew-6 mission to the International Space Station.<snip>A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch Dragon and NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg, United Arab Emirates astronaut Sultan AlNeyadi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrei Fedyaev to the space station from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The crew will spend approximately six months on the space station, starting with a short handover with Crew-5, which arrived at the station in October for a science expedition at the microgravity laboratory.SpaceX certification and Falcon 9 hardware remain on track for the sixth crew rotation mission of the company’s human space transportation system and its seventh flight with NASA astronauts, including the Demo-2 test flight, to the space station.The Crew-6 mission will be Dragon Endeavour’s fourth flight to the space station, which previously supported the Demo-2, Crew-2, and Axiom Space (Ax-1) missions, making the spacecraft the fleet leader in number of flights to and from the station. The Dragon spacecraft currently is undergoing refurbishment at SpaceX’s Dragonland facility at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.<snip>Author James Cawley Posted on November 3, 2022
While all eyes are on the big orange rocket, SpaceX just raised a new booster, B1078 which will be used for Crew 6 NET Feb 1 of next year. Tripod test stand also recently received its 2nd new larger tank paving the way for hopefully longer Raptor tests! @NASASpaceflight
Falcon 9 B1078 for Crew-6 is getting frosty at McGregor.Live: NSF.live/McGregor
Propellant load is underway on Falcon 9 booster B1078 at SpaceX's McGregor Test and Development Facility. A static fire may occur sometime in the next 30 minutes. This booster is set to fly on the Crew-6 mission to the ISS next year.nsf.live/mcgregor
Looks like SpaceX Booster 1078 has started fueling for a possible static fire test. Join @Alexphysics13 and I for commentary on McGregor LIVE. http://nsf.live/McGregor @NASASpaceflight
Falcon 9 B1078 fires up at McGregor! This will launch Crew-6 to the ISS.NSF.live/McGregor
https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/news/2022/11/27/new-spacex-dragon-arrives-at-the-iss-with-science--solar-arrays-and-thanksgiving-treatsQuoteThe next mission set to head up to the ISS will be the SpaceX Crew-6 mission targeting launch Feb. 15, 2023.
The next mission set to head up to the ISS will be the SpaceX Crew-6 mission targeting launch Feb. 15, 2023.
The official logo of the Crew-6 mission to be completed by astronaut Sultan AlNeyadi, primary crew member. Along with the International Space Station, Mars, and the Moon, the primary crew astronauts' names can be seen in the logo. #UAEAstronautProgramme
