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#60 by FutureSpaceTourist on 14 Dec, 2022 17:39
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Here’s the explanation of the design
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#61 by Rondaz on 14 Dec, 2022 19:20
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Here's our Crew-6 logo, happy and excited to share your official debut. Our Crew-6 mission patch is here, happy and excited to share it with you.
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#62 by scr00chy on 15 Dec, 2022 08:42
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The next SpaceX Crew Dragon mission is tentatively scheduled for launch Feb. 19 to the International Space Station with two NASA astronauts, a Russian cosmonaut, and UAE astronaut.
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#63 by ddspaceman on 17 Dec, 2022 23:25
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#64 by Targeteer on 21 Dec, 2022 17:19
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December 21, 2022
MEDIA ADVISORY M22-186
NASA Invites Media to Next SpaceX Commercial Crew Space Station Launch
Media accreditation is now open for the launch of the sixth SpaceX commercial crew mission to the International Space Station for NASA.
The earliest targeted launch date for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission is mid-February 2023, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, named Endeavour, mated atop a Falcon 9 rocket will carry two NASA astronauts, Mission Commander Stephen Bowen, and Pilot Woody Hoburg, along with UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, who will join as mission specialists. This is the first spaceflight for Hoburg, Al Neyadi, and Fedyaev. It is the fourth mission to space for Bowen.
Following a handover period on the space station, crew members from NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission will return to Earth aboard their SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, Endurance.
Media accreditation deadlines for the Crew-6 launch are as follows:
U.S. media and U.S. citizens representing international media must apply by 11:59 p.m. EST Tuesday, Jan. 31.
International media without U.S. citizenship must apply by 11:59 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 5.
All accreditation requests should be submitted online at:
https://media.ksc.nasa.gov
For questions about accreditation, please email: [email protected].
Any special logistical requests, such as space for satellite trucks, tents, or electrical connections, should be requested to NASA Kennedy by Friday, Feb. 4 at: [email protected].
For other questions, please contact Kennedy’s newsroom at 321-867-2468.
Para obtener información sobre cobertura en español en el Centro Espacial Kennedy o si desea solicitar entrevistas en español, comuníquese con Antonia Jaramillo: 321-501-8425.
For launch coverage and more information about the mission, visit:
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#65 by Oersted on 21 Dec, 2022 20:47
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Here's our Crew-6 logo, happy and excited to share your official debut. Our Crew-6 mission patch is here, happy and excited to share it with you.
https://twitter.com/Astro_Alneyadi/status/1603070628361273344
Great to see viking imagery being used by people of non-Scandinavian background, makes me proud. Cultural appropriation is viewed by many as negative, but often it is just a tribute to other cultures. Nothing wrong with that. -
#66 by ddspaceman on 22 Dec, 2022 17:03
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#67 by ddspaceman on 25 Dec, 2022 12:44
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#68 by zubenelgenubi on 26 Dec, 2022 23:28
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Cross-post:
Ben Cooper's Launch Photography Viewing Guide, updated December 25:
QuoteAnd a Falcon 9 from pad 39A will launch four astronauts to the ISS on Crew-6 on February 19 at the earliest, in the middle of the night EST.
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#69 by scr00chy on 09 Jan, 2023 09:36
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English translation of article says #Soyuz MS-23 will be launched with one crew & then bring Prokopiev & Petelin on #ISS home. Next #SpaceX Dragon will be launched with 3 crew - Fedyaev bumped to later mission - to bring Rubio home MS-22 deorbited with no crew #NASA #SpaceStation
https://twitter.com/NASAWatch/status/1612154686747836426
Cross-post:https://ria.ru/20230108/roskosmos-1843503847.html
Google translate:QuoteMOSCOW, January 8 - RIA Novosti. Reports that Roskosmos and NASA have reached an agreement that the crew members of the faulty Soyuz MS-22, Russians Sergei Prokopiev and Dmitry Petelin and American Frank Rubio, will return from the ISS on two different ships are speculation, RIA Novosti reported on Sunday. the press service of the state corporation.
Earlier, a number of telegram channels published information that Roscosmos and NASA allegedly made a decision on further work with the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft and its crew. According to these data, the ship will land empty in automatic mode, the next Soyuz MS-23 will leave in February, not March, with commander Oleg Kononenko and two empty seats. Also in February, the American ship Crew Dragon will fly with three crew members and one empty seat. Russian crew members Sergei Prokopiev and Dmitry Petelin will return on Soyuz MS-23, and American Frank Rubio, who also flew with them on Soyuz MS-22, will return on Crew Dragon.
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It was reported that the Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft, which is now located in Baikonur, can be used as a backup. It can be prepared for flight by February 19, and not March 16, as its flight to the ISS was originally scheduled. At the same time, the state corporation hopes that it will not be necessary to use it, and the Soyuz MS-22 crew will return to Earth on a regular basis on their ship in the second half of March.
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#70 by AstroWare on 09 Jan, 2023 12:10
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(IF this happens) it will really throw off all the statistics trackers. Because Dragon will have launched fewer people then it has returned! \s
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#71 by Dan C on 09 Jan, 2023 12:34
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STS-76 (Shuttle-Mir) had 6 crew up and 5 crew down. Shannon Lucid rode up on this flight but remained on Mir for an extended duration.
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#72 by ZachS09 on 09 Jan, 2023 13:19
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STS-76 (Shuttle-Mir) had 6 crew up and 5 crew down. Shannon Lucid rode up on this flight but remained on Mir for an extended duration.
There's also STS-121 that had seven members up and six members down. Thomas Reiter was brought up to ISS for six months and the rest of the crew landed at KSC.
And STS-129 launched with six crew members, bringing back Nicole Stott in the end. Canadian astronaut Bob Thirsk was supposed to land in the Shuttle with Stott in the Soyuz, but plans changed spacecraft-wise.
Same six up, seven down applied for STS-91; Andy Thomas returned in the Shuttle.
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#73 by spacenuance on 09 Jan, 2023 13:28
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Looks like Eric disagrees with this story. https://twitter.com/SciGuySpace/status/1612444434922196993?s=20
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#74 by Skyrocket on 09 Jan, 2023 13:29
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STS-71 was seven up and eight down:
Robert L. Gibson (up/down)
Charles J. Precourt (up/down)
Ellen S. Baker (up/down)
Gregory J. Harbaugh (up/down)
Bonnie J. Dunbar (up/down)
Anatoly Solovyev (up)
Nikolai Budarin (up)
Gennady Strekalov (down)
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#75 by crandles57 on 09 Jan, 2023 13:34
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Does anyone know On shuttle flights, was it always a 1:1 exchange when crew changes were made on orbit? I.e. does shuttle passengers launched = shuttle passengers returned?
I can unfortunately think of a couple more
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#76 by FutureSpaceTourist on 11 Jan, 2023 13:12
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https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1613176293679566850Quote
NASA press briefing underway. Roscosmos Sergei Krikalev says the Soyuz MS-22 will remain on the station for “several” additional months, exact extension length to be determined. No changes to Crew-6 crew assignments, but date TBD.
Edit to add:
https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews/status/1613177803955912708QuoteISS/Soyuz: Instead, the next Soyuz in the sequence, MS-23/69S, will be launched a few weeks early in late February without a crew on board; the next SpaceX ferry ship, Crew 6, will be launched as planned in late February (2/4)
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#77 by yg1968 on 12 Jan, 2023 22:00
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See below:
https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1613174043825393666
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#78 by kdhilliard on 12 Jan, 2023 23:56
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See below:
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Media Briefing: NASA Media Update on Space Station Plans, Soyuz Status
9 A.M. EST -- Wednesday, JAN 11, 2023
Specifically, 3:40:Quote from: Joel MontalbanoLooking forward, now that the State Commission has made a decision, NASA will take the next couple weeks; we'll be working with the Commercial Crew program and our US domestic partners on laying out the flight plan for next few months. We'll need a couple more weeks before we're ready to define a bunch of new launch dates
and 7:05:Quote from: Joel MontalbanoWith the decision today to fly zero crew in the upcoming Soyuz, the Crew-6 complement will remain the same. So no changes to the Crew-6 complement.
44:51Quote from: Joel MontalbanoAs far as Crew-6, now that the State Commission has established the plan for the Soyuz, we're going to take the next couple weeks to lay out the plan. Where does Crew-6 go? Where do we put SpaceX-27? We have a Northrop Grumman mission coming up. There's the CFT flight, the Axiom 2 mission. So laying everything out in what we're going to plan now that we have the decision from the State Commission. I'm sure that's not what you're looking for today, but we just need a couple more weeks to lay all that out.
[Background: On 15 December 2022, Soyuz MS-22, while docked to Station, was struck which what is now believed to have been a ~ 1mm dia micrometeoroid traveling in a hyperbolic orbit, with a 7 km/s velocity relative to Station, holing a coolant pipe in the Soyuz's radiator. On 11 January a Russian State Commission announced a determination that it would not be healthy to attempt to return crew in MS-22, and that MS-23 will be launched without crew on 20 February, about one month early. MS-22 will return with cargo to Kazakhstan a couple weeks later. More details at: Forums » International Space Station (ISS) » ISS Section » Soyuz MS-22 coolant leak : 14/15 December 2022 UTC.]
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#79 by TJL on 13 Jan, 2023 00:42
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Does anyone know On shuttle flights, was it always a 1:1 exchange when crew changes were made on orbit? I.e. does shuttle passengers launched = shuttle passengers returned?
I can unfortunately think of a couple more
where passengers launched Does Not = shuttle passengers returned
(even if passengers launched = shuttle passengers attempted to be returned)
Atlantis - STS-129 was 6 crew members up and 7 down.