The ISS, about the length of a football field and the largest human-made object in space, has been continuously operated for more than two decades by a U.S.-Russian-led consortium that includes Canada, Japan and 11 European countries. NASA crew members, including commander Nicole Aunapu Mann, the first Native American woman to fly to space, along with three Russians and a Japanese astronaut. The Crew 6 team will be welcomed aboard the space station by seven current ISS occupants - three U.S. Rounding out the four-man Crew 6 is Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, 42, who like Alneyadi is an engineer and spaceflight rookie designated as a mission specialist for the team.įedyaev is the latest cosmonaut to fly aboard an American spacecraft under a ride-sharing deal signed in July by NASA and the Russian space agency Roscosmos, despite heightened tensions between Washington and Moscow over Russia's invasion of Ukraine. soil as part of a long-duration space station team. Navy submarine officer who has logged more than 40 days in orbit as a veteran of three space shuttle flights and seven spacewalks.įellow NASA astronaut Warren "Woody" Hoburg, 37, an engineer and commercial aviator designated as the Crew 6 pilot, will be making his first spaceflight.Ĭrew 6 also is notable for its inclusion of UAE astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, 41, only the second person from his country to fly to space and the first to launch from U.S. The latest ISS crew is led by mission commander Stephen Bowen, 59, a onetime U.S. "All systems are looking good for launch," though teams were keeping an eye on weather along the spacecraft's ascent path, SpaceX said on Twitter.ĭesignated Crew 6, the mission marks the sixth long-term ISS team that NASA has flown aboard SpaceX since the private rocket venture founded by Musk - billionaire CEO of electric car maker Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) and social media platform Twitter - began sending American astronauts to orbit in May 2020. NASA said on Wednesday the mission was "go" for launch with a 95% chance of favorable weather conditions. NASA said the issue was remedied by replacing a clogged filter and purging the system. Monday's initial attempt to send the crew to space was called off less than three minutes before liftoff time when launch teams detected a problem in the flow of engine-ignition fluid used to start the rocket's main thrusters.
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