SpaceX Crew-6 Dragon arrives ahead of Space Coast launch this weekend
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida. — The Crew-6 Dragon capsule arrived at Launch Complex 39A on Florida’s Space Coast ahead of launch early Sunday morning, SpaceX said on Monday.
The Falcon 9 rocket, carrying the Dragon Endeavor spacecraft on top, is scheduled to lift off from the Kennedy Space Center at 2:07 a.m. Feb. 26.
NASA said the Dragon spacecraft is due to dock at the space station’s space-facing Harmony module port at 2:54 a.m. Monday, Feb. 27.
The four-man team recently went into quarantine where they had to stay for two weeks before launch to ensure the health of the crew members and also to protect the health of the astronauts on the International Space Station.
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The Crew-6 mission will carry NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren Hoburg, United Arab Emirates astronaut Sultan Alneyadi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev to the International Space Station.
The astronauts will spend six months together in space.
According to a NASA press release, this will be the sixth crew rotation mission with astronauts using the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft on a Falcon 9 rocket as part of the commercial crew program. This dragon’s name is Try.
If you are unable to attend the launch in person, NASA has announced that you can register to join them to attend the launch virtually, which will include “curated launch resources, timely mission updates, and a virtual stamp on the guest’s passport upon successful launch.” “.
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