Names | USCV-6 |
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Mission type | ISS crew transport |
Operator | SpaceX |
COSPAR ID | 2023-027A |
SATCAT no. | 55740 |
Mission duration | 185 days, 22 hours and 43 minutes |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Crew Dragon Endeavour |
Spacecraft type | Crew Dragon |
Manufacturer | SpaceX |
Launch mass | 12,519 kg (27,600 lb) |
Landing mass | 9,616 kg (21,200 lb) |
Crew | |
Crew size | 4 |
Members | Andrey Fedyaev |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 2 March 2023, 05:34:14 UTC [1] [2] [3] |
Rocket | Falcon 9 Block 5 (B1078.1) |
Launch site | Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A |
Contractor | SpaceX |
End of mission | |
Recovered by | MV Megan |
Landing date | 4 September 2023, 04:17 UTC |
Landing site | Atlantic Ocean |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Low Earth orbit |
Inclination | 51.66° |
Docking with ISS | |
Docking port | Harmony zenith |
Docking date | 3 March 2023, 06:40 UTC |
Undocking date | 6 May 2023, 11:23 UTC |
Time docked | 64 days, 4 hours and 43 minutes |
Docking with ISS (Relocation) | |
Docking port | Harmony forward |
Docking date | 6 May 2023,12:01 UTC |
Undocking date | 3 September 2023,11:05 UTC |
Time docked | 119 days,23 hours and 4 minutes |
SpaceX Crew-6 mission patch (L-R) Al Neyadi,Hoburg,Bowen and Fedyaev |
SpaceX Crew-6 was the sixth crewed operational NASA Commercial Crew flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft,and the ninth overall crewed orbital flight. The mission launched on 2 March 2023 at 05:34:14 UTC,and it successfully docked to the International Space Station (ISS) on 3 March 2023 at 06:40 UTC. The Crew-6 mission transported four crew members to the International Space Station (ISS). Two NASA astronauts,a United Arab Emirates astronaut,and a Russian cosmonaut were assigned to the mission. The two NASA astronauts are Stephen Bowen and Warren Hoburg. [4] The cosmonaut,Andrey Fedyaev,was reassigned from Soyuz MS-23. Sultan Al Neyadi was the commander of the United Arab Emirates' mission on the flight.
On 24 March 2022,the European Space Agency announced that Danish astronaut Andreas Mogensen would serve as backup pilot. [5] On 29 April 2022,the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) and Axiom Space announced that Crew-6 will also include an astronaut from the United Arab Emirates. [6]
MBRSC participation in this mission resulted from a 2021 agreement between NASA and Axiom to fly a NASA astronaut,Mark T. Vande Hei,onboard Soyuz MS-18 (launch) and Soyuz MS-19 (return) in order to ensure a continuing American presence on board the ISS. In return,Axiom received the rights to a NASA owned seat onboard SpaceX Crew-6. Axiom provided the flight opportunity to MBRSC professional crew members through an agreement with the United Arab Emirates Space Agency. [7] Later,the astronaut was confirmed to be Sultan Al Neyadi. [8]
Andrey Fedyaev was selected in July 2022 for this mission as a part of the Soyuz-Dragon crew swap system of keeping at least one NASA astronaut and one Roscosmos cosmonaut on each of the crew rotation missions. [9] This ensures both countries have a presence on the station,and the ability to maintain their separate systems if either Soyuz or commercial crew vehicles are grounded for an extended period. [10]
Position | Astronaut | |
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Commander | Stephen Bowen,NASA Expedition 68 / 69 Fourth spaceflight | |
Pilot | Warren Hoburg,NASA Expedition 68 / 69 First spaceflight | |
Mission Specialist 1 | Sultan Al Neyadi,MBRSC Expedition 68 / 69 First spaceflight | |
Mission Specialist 2 | Andrey Fedyaev,Roscosmos Expedition 68 / 69 First spaceflight |
Position | Astronaut | |
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Commander | Jasmin Moghbeli,NASA | |
Pilot | Andreas Mogensen,ESA | |
Mission Specialist 1 | Hazza Al Mansouri,MBRSC [11] | |
Mission Specialist 2 | Konstantin Borisov,Roscosmos |
The sixth SpaceX operational mission in the Commercial Crew Program (CCP) was launched on 2 March 2023 and lasted approximately six months. The mission was scheduled to launch early on 27 February 2023. However,the initial attempt was scrubbed and rescheduled for 2 March 2023 at 5:34 am UTC. [1] [2] [3] The second launch attempt was successful.
Alongside Crew-6,the Dragon capsule is designed to be able to bring back the Soyuz MS-22 crew if necessary,serving as an emergency evacuation,as was Crew-5. Roscosmos elected to launch Soyuz MS-23 without a crew to return the MS-22 crew instead of using this capability. [12]
The first launch attempt was scrubbed at T−02:12 minutes due to an issue with the TEA-TEB spontaneous ignition fluid (times are UTC). [13]
Attempt | Planned | Result | Turnaround | Reason | Decision point | Weather go (%) | Notes |
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1 | 27 Feb 2023,6:45:03 am | Scrubbed | — | TEA-TEB ignitor issue | 27 Feb 2023,6:43 am (T-00:02:12) | 95 [14] | Rocket launch failure risk (wrong ignition or premature engine cutoff) |
2 | 2 Mar 2023,5:34:14 am | Success | 2 days 22 hours 49 minutes | 95 [15] |
Mark Thomas Vande Hei is a retired United States Army officer and current NASA astronaut who has served as a flight engineer for Expedition 53, 54, 64, 65, and 66 on the International Space Station.
The Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre is a Dubai government organisation working on the UAE space programme, which includes various space satellite projects, such as the Emirates Mars Mission, the Emirates Lunar Mission, and the UAE astronaut programme. The centre actively works to promote space science and research in the region and encompasses the Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST).
Soyuz MS-12 was a Soyuz spaceflight which launched on 14 March 2019, carrying three members of the Expedition 59 crew to the International Space Station. The mission ended on 3 October 2019, when Soyuz-MS-12 successfully landed.
Hazzaa AlMansoori (Arabic: هَزَّاع ٱلْمَنْصُوْرِي, romanized: Hazzāʿ Al-Manṣūrī, surname also spelled "Al Mansoori", full name Hazzaa Ali Abdan Khalfan Al Mansoori is an Emirati astronaut and the first person from the United Arab Emirates in space. In 2019, he embarked on the UAE's first scientific mission to the International Space Station. The mission carried the slogan 'Zayed's Ambition', making the UAE the 19th country worldwide, and the first country in the Arab region, to travel to the ISS. He also became the back-up astronaut for Sultan Al Neyadi for the UAE's second mission to the ISS, which is the longest Arab space mission. Previously, he was the UAE's youngest F-16 fighter pilot.
H.E. Dr. Sultan Saif Al Neyadi is an Emirati astronaut and one of the first two astronauts from the United Arab Emirates, along with Hazza Al Mansouri. He is the first Arab to serve on the International Space Station (ISS) for a 6-month mission, as part of Expedition 69 and the first Arab astronaut to perform a spacewalk. On 6 January 2024, Al Neyadi was appointed as the minister of state for youth in the United Arab Emirates, and was sworn in on 11 January 2024.
Expedition 65 was the 65th long duration expedition to the International Space Station. The mission began on 17 April 2021 with the departure of Soyuz MS-17 and was initially commanded by NASA astronaut Shannon Walker serving as the third female ISS commander, who launched in November 2020 aboard SpaceX Crew-1 alongside NASA astronauts Michael S. Hopkins and Victor J. Glover, as well as JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi. They were joined by the crew of Soyuz MS-18, which is made up of Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitsky and Pyotr Dubrov, as well as NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei.
Soyuz MS-20 was a Russian Soyuz spaceflight to the International Space Station (ISS) on 8–20 December 2021. Unlike previous Soyuz flights to the ISS, Soyuz MS-20 did not deliver any crew members for an ISS Expedition or serve as a lifeboat for any crew members on board the station. Instead, it was commanded by a single professional cosmonaut and carried two space tourists represented by company Space Adventures, which had executed eight space tourism missions to the ISS in 2001–9. The flight to reach the ISS took six hours.
Expedition 67 was the 67th long-duration expedition to the International Space Station. The expedition began upon the departure of Soyuz MS-19 on 30 March 2022, with NASA astronaut Thomas Marshburn taking over as ISS commander. Initially, the expedition consisted of Marshburn and his three SpaceX Crew-3 crewmates Raja Chari, Kayla Barron and Matthias Maurer, as well as Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov, who launched aboard Soyuz MS-21 on March 18, 2022 and transferred from Expedition 66 alongside the Crew-3 astronauts. However, continued international collaboration has been thrown into doubt by the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and related sanctions on Russia.
Expedition 68 was the 68th long-duration expedition to the International Space Station. The expedition began upon the departure of Soyuz MS-21 on 29 September 2022, with ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti taking over as ISS commander, and ended upon the uncrewed departure of the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft on 28 March 2023.
Andrey Valerievich Fedyaev is a Russian cosmonaut.
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Soyuz MS-22 was a Russian Soyuz spaceflight to the International Space Station with a crew of three launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome on 21 September 2022. The launch, previously planned for 13 September 2022, was subsequently delayed to 21 September 2022 for a mission length of 188 days.
SpaceX Crew-5 was the fifth operational NASA Commercial Crew Program flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft, and the eighth overall crewed orbital flight. The mission was successfully launched on 5 October 2022 with the aim of transporting four crew members to the International Space Station (ISS). The Crew Dragon spacecraft docked at the ISS on 6 October 2022 at 21:01 UTC.
Expedition 69 was the 69th long-duration expedition to the International Space Station. The expedition began with the uncrewed departure of Soyuz MS-22 in March 2023 with Russian cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev continuing his ISS command from Expedition 68. It ended with his departure with his crewmates onboard Soyuz MS-23 on 27 September 2023.
Expedition 70 was the 70th long-duration expedition to the International Space Station. The expedition began with the departure of Soyuz MS-23 on 27 September 2023 with Danish astronaut Andreas Mogensen taking over the ISS command from Russian cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev in Expedition 69. It ended with the departure of NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara on Soyuz MS-24 on 6 April 2024.
... NASA and SpaceX will forgo a launch opportunity on Tuesday, Feb. 28, due to unfavorable weather forecast conditions. The next available launch attempt is at 12:34 a.m. EST Thursday, March 2, pending resolution of the technical issue preventing Monday's launch. ...
... The next launch opportunity comes on Thursday (March 2) at 12:34 a.m. EST (0534 GMT); weather on Tuesday (Feb. 28), the first possible opportunity before that, is not favorable for launch ...
Andrei Fedyaev will fly on another SpaceX mission in the spring of 2023, according to NASA.