On Friday morning, four astronauts arrived safely at the International Space Station after Thursday’s launch of the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule. The new crew will be welcomed at the orbital station and will begin a six-month science mission to the ISS.
The Crew-6 mission successfully arrived at the International Space Station, docked at the facility, and now four astronauts are safely connected to the ISS. This is yet another success for NASA and SpaceX in sending people into orbit, although the work has only just begun for scientists.
SpaceX Crew-6 mission successfully completed - astronauts are already on the ISS
Nearly 25 hours after launch, a four-man Crew-6 mission arrived at the ISS from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The docking took place at about 7:40 Polish time on Friday.
It was no small feat because the International Space Station and the SpaceX Dragon Endeavor capsule had to synchronize their flight paths at 28,164 kilometers per hour. The connection occurred at an altitude of 240 km above the Earth’s surface, more precisely, on the coast of East Africa.
This means that the team of scientists is now safely on the ISS. Recall that on board are:
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Stephen Browen, 59, NASA mission commander, has worked in orbit three times and has conducted seven spacewalks;
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Warren Hoburg, 37, NASA pilot, electrical engineer and computer scientist, first time in orbit;
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Sultan Al Neyadi, 41, United Arab Emirates astronaut and second person from that country to orbit;
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Andrey Fedyaev (42 years old) is a Russian cosmonaut, engineer, who first went into low Earth orbit.
After docking, the Crew-6 team performed the first major procedure on the ISS, inspecting the capsule and dock for possible leaks and other irregularities. The opening of the airlock and the greeting of the crew have not yet taken place, even almost two hours after docking (as of 9:30 a.m. Polish time).
Crew-6 goes to work on the ISS - they will spend six months in space
The quartet will be met by seven astronauts on the ISS - three NASA specialists, three cosmonauts from Russia and one Japanese.
Crew-6 will then go to work into orbit. The crew of four will conduct more than 200 different experiments and demonstrations of new technologies over the next six months.
Research will focus on the development of human cells in weightlessness or the control of combustible materials in microgravity. The results of the experiments will help humanity in future missions, including returning to the moon as part of the Artemis mission.
Source: Wprost
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