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#80 by Sam Ho on 13 Jan, 2023 05:46
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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.
A related question is how many passengers have returned on a different type of spacecraft than they launched on:
Mir EO-18: Soyuz TM-21 up, STS-71 down.
Mir EO-19: STS-71 up, Soyuz TM-21 down.
ISS Expedition 1: Soyuz TM-31 up, STS-102 down.
ISS Expedition 6: STS-113 up, Soyuz TMA-1 down.
This happened when Shuttle was used for full crew exchange. The first crew in the series goes up in a Soyuz and comes back on Shuttle, and the last crew in the series does the reverse. In the meantime, short-duration missions go up to refresh the Soyuz lifeboat.
The other situation, where the launch crew was not the same size as the landing crew, happened when Shuttle was used for single-person crew exchange, where the first astronaut in the series goes up and stays, and the last astronaut in the series comes down and is not replaced. This happened for STS-76 and 91 on Mir, and STS-121 and 129 on ISS.
STS-71 and Soyuz TM-21 had different-sized up and down crews because Mir EO-18 and EO-19 were not the same size.
Numerous Soyuz flights were 2 up/3 down or 3 up/2 down, including Soyuz TM-2, TM-10, TM-15, TM-16, TM-17, TM-18, TM-19, TM-21, TM-23, TM-25, TM-26, and TM-28 to Mir, and Soyuz TMA-2, MS-03, and MS-04 to the ISS, due to extra-long missions, changes in the size of the long-duration crew, or whether a short-duration mission used the third seat.
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#81 by Chinakpradhan on 14 Jan, 2023 06:10
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remember Soyuz 32/34on salyut 6, today we have Soyuz MS-22/23 on issDoes 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.
A related question is how many passengers have returned on a different type of spacecraft than they launched on:
Mir EO-18: Soyuz TM-21 up, STS-71 down.
Mir EO-19: STS-71 up, Soyuz TM-21 down.
ISS Expedition 1: Soyuz TM-31 up, STS-102 down.
ISS Expedition 6: STS-113 up, Soyuz TMA-1 down.
This happened when Shuttle was used for full crew exchange. The first crew in the series goes up in a Soyuz and comes back on Shuttle, and the last crew in the series does the reverse. In the meantime, short-duration missions go up to refresh the Soyuz lifeboat.
The other situation, where the launch crew was not the same size as the landing crew, happened when Shuttle was used for single-person crew exchange, where the first astronaut in the series goes up and stays, and the last astronaut in the series comes down and is not replaced. This happened for STS-76 and 91 on Mir, and STS-121 and 129 on ISS.
STS-71 and Soyuz TM-21 had different-sized up and down crews because Mir EO-18 and EO-19 were not the same size.
Numerous Soyuz flights were 2 up/3 down or 3 up/2 down, including Soyuz TM-2, TM-10, TM-15, TM-16, TM-17, TM-18, TM-19, TM-21, TM-23, TM-25, TM-26, and TM-28 to Mir, and Soyuz TMA-2, MS-03, and MS-04 to the ISS, due to extra-long missions, changes in the size of the long-duration crew, or whether a short-duration mission used the third seat. -
#82 by zubenelgenubi on 15 Jan, 2023 04:10
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Cross-post:
SFN Launch Schedule, updated January 13:
Late February • Falcon 9 • Crew 6
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Ben Cooper's Launch Photography Viewing Guide, updated January 13 or 14:
Launch time is still:Quote...in the middle of the night EST.
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#83 by FutureSpaceTourist on 15 Jan, 2023 06:05
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https://twitter.com/astro_alneyadi/status/1614481457170513920Quote
Crew-6 has finished a final training week here at @SpaceX . In the picture I stand with my awesome crew commander Bowen, pilot Hoburg “Woody” and mission specialist Fedyayev in front of a Falcon 9 booster. Soon we will launch onboard a similar one from @NASAKennedy
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#84 by Ken the Bin on 18 Jan, 2023 21:13
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NET Sunday, February 26, per this NASA press release ...
Briefings, Interviews Set for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 Mission [Jan 18]
Relevant paragraph:Quote from: NASAThe Falcon 9 rocket and the Dragon Endeavour spacecraft is scheduled to launch no earlier than Feb. 26 from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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#85 by FutureSpaceTourist on 18 Jan, 2023 21:15
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https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/briefings-interviews-set-for-nasa-s-spacex-crew-6-mission/Quote
Jan 18, 2023
MEDIA ADVISORY M23-008
Briefings, Interviews Set for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 Mission
The four crew members that comprise the SpaceX
A pair of news conferences on Wednesday, Jan. 25, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston will highlight the agency’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission to the International Space Station in February. The mission is NASA’s sixth crew rotation flight involving a U.S. commercial spacecraft carrying crew for a science expedition aboard the microgravity laboratory.
First up, a mission overview news conference at 12 p.m. EST, followed by a crew news conference at 2 p.m. Both will air live on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website.
The Crew-6 mission will carry NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren Hoburg as well as UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev. Crew members also will be available for individual interviews after 3:30 p.m.
The Falcon 9 rocket and the Dragon Endeavour spacecraft is scheduled to launch no earlier than Feb. 26 from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
This event will be the final media opportunity to speak to the Crew-6 astronauts before they travel to Kennedy for launch. Media wishing to participate in person or seeking a remote interview with the crew must request credentials from the Johnson newsroom at: 281-483-5111 or [email protected].
U.S. media interested in attending must request in-person participation by noon Tuesday, Jan. 24. Media interested in participating by phone must contact the Johnson newsroom by 9:45 a.m. the day of the event. Those wishing to submit a question on social media may do so using #AskNASA.
Briefing participants include:
12 p.m. Mission Overview News Conference
Kathryn Lueders, associate administrator, Space Operations Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington
Steve Stich, manager, Commercial Crew Program, NASA Johnson
Joel Montalbano, manager, International Space Station Program, NASA Johnson
Sarah Walker, director, Dragon Mission Management, SpaceX
Sergei Krikalev, executive director, Human Space Flight Programs, Roscosmos
Salem AlMarri, Director General, Mohammaed Bin Rashid Space Centre, UAE
2 p.m. Crew News Conference
Stephen Bowen, NASA astronaut, spacecraft commander
Woody Hoburg, NASA astronaut, pilot
Sultan Alneyadi, UAE astronaut, mission specialist
Andrey Fedyaev, Roscosmos cosmonaut, mission specialist
3:30 p.m. Crew Individual Interview Opportunities
Crew-6 members will be available for a limited number of interviews
This will be Bowen’s fourth trip into space. 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. As mission commander, he will be responsible for all phases of flight, from launch to re-entry. He will serve as an Expedition 69 flight engineer aboard the station.
Bowen was born in Cohasset, Massachusetts. He holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the U.S. 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.
The mission will be Hoburg’s first flight since his selection as an astronaut in 2017. As pilot, he will be responsible for spacecraft systems and performance. Aboard the station, he will serve as an Expedition 69 flight engineer.
Hoburg is from Pittsburgh. He 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. Follow @Astro_Woody on Twitter.
Alneyadi will be making his first trip to space, representing the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Once aboard the station, he will become a flight engineer for Expedition 69. Follow @Astro_AlNeyadi on Twitter.
Fedyaev will be making his first trip to space, and will also serve as a mission specialist, working to monitor the spacecraft during the dynamic launch and re-entry phases of flight. He will be a flight engineer for Expedition 69.
Learn more about how NASA innovates for the benefit of humanity through NASA’s Commercial Crew Program at:
https://www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew
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Photo caption:QuoteCrew-6 mission are seated inside the SpaceX Dragon crew ship during a training session at the company's headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Seated from left in their spacesuits are, Mission Specialist Andrey Fedyaev, Pilot Warren "Woody" Hoburg, Commander Stephen Bowen, and Mission Specialist Sultan Al Neyadi.
Credits: SpaceX
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#86 by zubenelgenubi on 19 Jan, 2023 01:29
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Ben Cooper's Launch Photography Viewing Guide, updated January 18:
A Falcon 9 from pad 39A will launch four astronauts to the ISS on Crew-6 on late February, around 2 a.m. EST.
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#87 by GewoonLukas_ on 19 Jan, 2023 07:53
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NextSpaceflight (Updated January 18th/19th)Quote
Launch Time
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/5808
NET Feb 26, 2023
Ben Cooper (Updated January 18th/19th)QuoteA Falcon 9 from pad 39A will launch four astronauts to the ISS on Crew-6 on February 26 around 2 a.m. EST.
https://www.launchphotography.com/Launch_Viewing_Guide.html
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#88 by ddspaceman on 23 Jan, 2023 16:42
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#89 by ddspaceman on 23 Jan, 2023 16:45
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#90 by ddspaceman on 23 Jan, 2023 16:51
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#91 by GewoonLukas_ on 23 Jan, 2023 21:13
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Ben Cooper (Updated January 20th)Quote
A Falcon 9 from pad 39A will launch four astronauts to the ISS on Crew-6 on February 26 at 2:07 a.m. EST.
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#92 by ddspaceman on 24 Jan, 2023 21:42
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#93 by centaurinasa on 25 Jan, 2023 13:05
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Wednesday at 12pm ET, @NASA and @SpaceX managers will talk about the Crew-6 mission. Then at 2pm, the Crew-6 members will talk about their upcoming station mission. https://nasa.gov/live
18 janv.
A pair of news conferences on Jan. 25, at @NASA_Johnson will highlight the agency’s @SpaceX
Crew-6 mission to the @Space_Station in February.
12pm ET: Mission Overview News Conference
2pm ET: Crew News Conference
https://twitter.com/Space_Station/status/1618045017125453825?cxt=HHwWgoDUxdnXufQsAAAA -
#94 by FutureSpaceTourist on 25 Jan, 2023 16:32
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https://twitter.com/thesheetztweetz/status/1618300152267128832Quote
SpaceX director of mission management Sarah Walker notes that the Crew-6 mission, flying with capsule Endeavour, will be the first time that the company reuses a Crew Dragon for a fourth mission.
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#95 by FutureSpaceTourist on 25 Jan, 2023 16:54
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https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1618305875726196747Quote
Crew-6 launch is scheduled for 2:07 am EST on Feb 26, with opportunities on Feb 27 and 28.
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#96 by FutureSpaceTourist on 25 Jan, 2023 19:15
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#97 by FutureSpaceTourist on 25 Jan, 2023 20:21
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https://www.nasa.gov/feature/what-you-need-to-know-about-nasa-s-spacex-crew-6-missionQuote
Jan 24, 2023
What You Need to Know about NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 Mission
A new set of four crew members are preparing to launch to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission.
NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren "Woody" Hoburg, as well as UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, will lift off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to perform science, technology demonstrations, and maintenance activities aboard the microgravity laboratory.
The flight is the sixth crew rotation mission with SpaceX to station, and the seventh flight of Dragon with people as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Bowen and Hoburg were assigned to the Crew-6 mission in December 2021 and began working and training for their flight on SpaceX’s human spacecraft and their stay aboard the space station. Fedyaev and Alneyadi were added as the third and fourth crew members in July 2022. Crew-6 will spend up to six months at the space station before returning to Earth.
The international crew will fly aboard the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft, which previously flew NASA’s Crew-1, Inspiration4, and Axiom Mission-1 astronauts. As part of the refurbishment process, teams are installing new components, including the heat shield, nosecone, trunk and all forward bulkhead and service section Draco engines. These hardware components help the spacecraft withstand reentry heat, support docking and cargo space, and provide steering and thrust to the spacecraft. Previously flown components include pod panels from a previous human spaceflight mission.
As teams progress through Dragon milestones for Crew-6, they also are preparing a first-flight Falcon 9 booster for the mission. Once all rocket and spacecraft system checkouts are complete and all components are certified for flight, teams will mate Dragon to the Falcon 9 rocket in SpaceX’s hangar at the launch site. The integrated spacecraft and rocket will then be rolled to the pad and raised to vertical for an integrated static fire test and dry dress rehearsal with the crew prior to launch.
The Crew
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. As mission commander, he will be responsible for all phases of flight, from launch to re-entry. He will serve as an Expedition 69 flight engineer aboard the station.
Bowen 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.
The mission will be Hoburg’s first flight since his selection as an astronaut in 2017. As pilot, he will be responsible for spacecraft systems and performance. Aboard the station, he will serve as an Expedition 69 flight engineer.
Hoburg is from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He 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. Follow @Astro_Woody on Twitter.
Alneyadi will be making his first trip to space, representing the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center of the UAE. AlNeyadi will be the first UAE astronaut to fly on a commercial spacecraft. Once aboard the station, he will become a flight engineer for Expedition 69. Follow @Astro_AlNeyadi on Twitter.
Fedyaev will be making his first trip to space, and will also serve as a mission specialist, working to monitor the spacecraft during the dynamic launch and re-entry phases of flight. He will be a flight engineer for Expedition 69.
Mission Overview
Lifting off from Launch Pad 39A on a Falcon 9 rocket, Dragon Endeavour will accelerate its four passengers to approximately 17,500 mph, putting it on an intercept course with the space station.
Once in orbit, the crew and SpaceX mission control in Hawthorne, California, will monitor a series of automatic maneuvers that will guide Endeavour to the space-facing port of the station’s Harmony module. After several maneuvers to gradually raise its orbit, Endeavour will be in position to rendezvous and dock with its new home in orbit. The spacecraft is designed to dock autonomously, but the crew can take control and pilot manually, if necessary.
After docking, Crew-6 will be welcomed inside the station by the seven-member crew of Expedition 69. The astronauts of NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 mission will undock from the space station and splash down off the coast of Florida several days after Crew-6's arrival.
Crew-6 will conduct new and exciting scientific research to prepare for human exploration beyond low-Earth orbit and benefit life on Earth. Experiments will include studies of how particular materials burn in microgravity, tissue chip research on heart, brain, and cartilage functions, and an investigation that will collect microbial samples from the outside of the space station. These are just some of the more than 200 science experiments and technology demonstrations that will take place during their mission.
During their stay aboard the orbiting laboratory, Crew-6 will see the arrival of cargo spacecraft including the SpaceX Dragon and the Roscosmos Progress. Crew-6 also is expected to welcome the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts and the Axiom Mission-2 crew during their expedition.
At the conclusion of the mission, Dragon Endeavour will autonomously undock with the four crew members aboard, depart the space station and re-enter Earth’s atmosphere. After splashdown just off Florida’s coast, a SpaceX recovery vessel will pick up the crew, who will be helicoptered back to shore.
Commercial crew missions enable NASA to maximize use of the space station, where astronauts have lived and worked continuously for more than 22 years testing technologies, performing science, and developing the skills needed to operate future commercial destinations in low-Earth orbit and explore farther from Earth. Research conducted on the space station provides benefits for people on Earth and paves the way for future long-duration trips to the Moon and beyond through NASA’s Artemis missions.
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Last Updated: Jan 25, 2023
Editor: Mark Garcia
Tags: Commercial Crew, Expedition 68, Expedition 69, Humans in Space, International Space Station (ISS)
Photo caption:QuoteThe four SpaceX Crew-6 crew members pose for a photo. on the crew access arm at NASA's Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A in Florida.
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#98 by FutureSpaceTourist on 25 Jan, 2023 21:03
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#99 by yg1968 on 26 Jan, 2023 00:44
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At 25 minutes of the video, Steve Stitch says that the Crew-5 Dragon could carry 3 extra astronauts in an emergency by using straps from cargo Dragon. He said that they could use the seat liners from the Soyuz seats.
At 39 minutes of the video, Sara from SpaceX reminded people that Dragon was initially supposed to carry 7 seats but that the 3 extra seats were replaced by an area for 3 cargo pallets. She mentioned that the SpaceX suits are for safety purposes but aren't actually required in a nominal landing.
Here is the transcript of what Steve Stich said:Quote from: Steve StitchTo keep Frank safe. So we looked at taking some cargo straps from actually the CRS-26 vehicle. Those fit very well on the pallet. We were able to put the straps over Frank and then the seat liner if we needed to. And then secure him to the floor of the Dragon…. And we went and did all the kinds of analysis we do in terms of accelerations for the crew member. And those all came back acceptable… And then, you know, we could actually accommodate two more crew members in this cargo pallet area if we needed to.”
https://twitter.com/DLaneBreckenri1/status/1618590389354762242