SpaceX has prepared a rocket for the launch of the Crew-6 mission
- February 24, 2023
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Crew Dragon spacecraft left the hangar at Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral and was lifted
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Crew Dragon spacecraft left the hangar at Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral and was lifted to its launch position on Thursday, February 23. The start is scheduled for February 27.
“Falcon 9 and Dragon vertical on launch pad 39A; The launch of the Crew-6 mission is scheduled for Monday, February 27.”
The SpaceX Crew-6 mission will carry NASA astronauts Steven Bowen and Warren Hoburg to the International Space Station, along with Russian cosmonaut Andrei Fedyaev and United Arab Emirates astronaut Sultan Alneyadi.
The four men will travel to space aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavor, making its fourth flight after the SpaceX Demo-2 crew test flight in 2020, the Crew-2 flight in 2021, and the subsequent special Axiom Mission-1 flights. Crew-6 is SpaceX’s seventh manned mission for NASA, including the Demo-2 demonstration flight as part of the agency’s commercial program and the company’s ninth manned spaceflight overall.
A final test will take place before launch on Friday, February 24. SpaceX to conduct static fire test of Falcon 9 engine
Source: Port Altele
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