Nasa's SpaceX Crew-6 mission launches from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. “It may have taken two times, but it was worth the trip,” Bowen said. Nada said the problem was fixed by replacing a clogged filter and purging the system. The launch was first attempted on Monday, but it was called off in the final minutes of countdown due to a clog in the flow of engine-ignition fluid. “If you enjoyed your ride, please don’t forget to give us five stars.” “Welcome to orbit,” SpaceX Launch Control radioed. The other station residents are two Russians and an American whose six-month stay was doubled after their Soyuz capsule suffered a leak and had to be replaced. The international team is scheduled to replace a US-Russian-Japanese crew that has been staying at the ISS since October, including commander Nicole Aunapu Mann, the first Native American woman to fly to space. Meanwhile, the Dragon capsule is expected to dock with the ISS at 1:17 a.m. The Falcon 9 rocket's first stage successfully landed on the Just Read the Instructions drone ship stationed several hundred miles downrange in the Atlantic Ocean. The flight is the seventh under contract between Nasa and SpaceX, Elon Musk's space venture famous for its reusable rockets. Nasa's SpaceX Crew-6 mission launches from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S./ REUTERS/Steve Nesius "Once more unto the breach, dear friends," said Bowen, quoting Shakespeare's 'Henry V', just before liftoff. Onboard were Nasa's retired Navy submariner Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg, the United Arab Emirates' Sultan Al Neyadi, and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev.įedyaev is the second cosmonaut to fly aboard an American spacecraft under a renewed ride-sharing deal between Nasa and Russia's Roscosmos, despite heightened international tensions over Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The SpaceX launch vehicle consisted of a Falcon 9 rocket topped with an autonomously operated Crew Dragon capsule called Endeavour. UAE's first-ever astronaut launched to orbit in 2019 aboard a Russian spacecraft. The mission has seen the arrival of the first person of Arab origin intending to stay for an extended time in the ISS, as part of a six-month-long science mission that will study microgravity. Nasa's SpaceX Crew-6 mission lifted off at 12:34am EST (05:34am GMT) from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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